Hands over the City
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Film poster for Hands over the City | |
Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
Produced by | Lionello Santi |
Written by |
Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella |
Starring |
Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Marcello Cannavale |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates |
September, 1963 (Italy) September 17, 1964 (U.S.) |
Running time | 105 min. |
Country |
Italy France |
Language | Italian |
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]
Plot
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, the Communist councilman De Vita (Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry on Nottola's possible connection to the accident.
Cast
- Rod Steiger as entrepreneur Edoardo Nottola
- Salvo Randone as De Angeli
- Guido Alberti as Maglione
- Angelo D'Alessandro as Balsamo
- Carlo Fermariello as De Vita
- Marcello Cannavale as Nottola's friend
- Alberto Canocchia as Nottola's friend
- Gaetano Grimaldi Filioli as Nottola's friend
- Dante Di Pinto as the president at the commission of enquiry
- Dany Paris as Maglione's lover
- Alberto Amato as a counsellor
- Franco Rigamonti as a counsellor
- Terenzio Cordova as the inspector
- Vincenzo Metafora as the trade unionist
Awards
The film won the Golden Lion award of the Venice Film Festival in 1963.
References
- ↑ "Le mani sulla città (Hands Over the City) (1963)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
External links
- Hands over the City at the Internet Movie Database
- Hands over the City at AllMovie
- Criterion Collection essay by Stuart Klawans
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