Hands over the City | |
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Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
Written by | Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella |
Produced by | Lionello Santi |
Starring |
Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Marcello Cannavale |
Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Languages | Italian Neapolitan |
Hands over the City ( Italian: Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post- World War II Italy. [1] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." [2]
A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola ( Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large-scale suburban real-estate deal. However, after the collapse of a residential building next to a construction site, the manager of which is his son, the communist councilman De Vita ( Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry into Nottola's connection to the accident.
The film won the Golden Lion award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival.
Hands over the City | |
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Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
Written by | Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella |
Produced by | Lionello Santi |
Starring |
Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Marcello Cannavale |
Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Languages | Italian Neapolitan |
Hands over the City ( Italian: Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post- World War II Italy. [1] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." [2]
A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola ( Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large-scale suburban real-estate deal. However, after the collapse of a residential building next to a construction site, the manager of which is his son, the communist councilman De Vita ( Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry into Nottola's connection to the accident.
The film won the Golden Lion award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival.