The General of the Dead Army (Italian: Il generale dell'armata morta) is a 1983 Italian drama film directed by Luciano Tovoli and based on the 1963 novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare.
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Cast
Marcello Mastroianni as General Ariosto
Anouk Aimée as Countess Betsy Mirafiore
Michel Piccoli as Benetandi
Gérard Klein as General Krotz
Sergio Castellitto as The Expert
Daniele Dublino as The Minister
Carmine De Padova as L'ordonnance
Roberto Miccoli as The Shepherd
Cosimo Calabrese as The President
Salvatore Buccolieri as The Old Man
Vincenza D'Angela as The Woman
Reception
Paolo Mereghetti praised the film as "a story that runs counter to the myth of "Italians as good people." A fine debut... by Tovoli."