General Della Rovere (1959) on Netflix

In 1943 Genoa, Grimaldi is a swindler pretending to be a colonel in the Italian army to get money from the family of people put into jail by the Nazis. Once caught, the Gestapo makes a deal with him: he will stay alive if he impersonates General Della Rovere, a leader of the Resistance who has just been shot by the Nazis, to be put into a political jail where he is supposed to identify another Resistance leader. —Yepokresistancenazigestaposwindlercon man50 morePlot summaryAdd synopsisTaglinesHero...or Fake?GenresDramaWarCertificateNot RatedParents guide