Unfair Competition
Directed by	Ettore Scola
Written by	Furio Scarpelli Ettore Scola Silvia Scola Giacomo Scarpelli
Produced by	Franco Committeri
Starring	Diego Abatantuono Sergio Castellitto Gérard Depardieu
Cinematography	Franco Di Giacomo
Edited by	Raimondo Crociani
Music by	Armando Trovajoli
Release date	23 February 2001 (2001-02-23)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Unfair Competition ( Italian: Concorrenza sleale) is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It was filmed in Cinecittà and some of its sets were used by Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York, as Ettore Scola said in Néstor Birri's book.

Plot

Rome 1938, Umberto ( Diego Abatantuono) and Leone ( Sergio Castellitto) have got a men's costume shop, on the same street. Umberto is Catholic, Leone is Jewish. Racial Laws are approved in Italy in 1938 after Hitler's visit to Rome (see also Ettore Scola's A Special Day).

Cast

• Diego Abatantuono as Umberto Melchiorri
• Sergio Castellitto as Leone Della Rocca
• Gérard Depardieu as Professor Angelo
• Antonella Attili as Giuditta Della Rocca
• Jean-Claude Brialy as Grandad Mattia Della Rocca
• Claude Rich as Count Treuberg
• Elio Germano as Paolo Melchiorri
• Sabrina Impacciatore as Matilde
• Rolando Ravello as Ignazietto Paspinelli
• Claudio Bigagli as Commissioner Collegiani
• Emanuele Salce as agent Tramontana

Awards

• 23rd Moscow International Film Festival Best Director ^[1]
• 6 Nastro d'Argento nominations
• David di Donatello Best Production Design

References

External links

• Unfair Competition at IMDb

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