Details

Release year: 1963

Storyline

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

Top credits

Directors

Francesco Rosi

Writers

Cast

Rod Steiger — Edoardo Nottola
Salvo Randone — De Angelis
Guido Alberti — Maglione
Marcello Cannavale — Amico di Nottola

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Did you know

• Rosi considered realizing a documentary, but fearing the Italian censorship, since many political protagonists he wanted to denounce were still in charge at the time, he chose a fictional story instead. He however added a note by the end of the movie: "The characters and facts narrated here are fictional, but the social and environmental reality that produces them is real".

• Real left wing politicians appear in the movie as actors, most notably Renzo Farinelli, a journalist and head of Socialists in Naples, and Carlo Fermariello, trade-unionist and Communist senator.

• During the trial sequence, all the journalists were portrayed by real-life journalists, some of which were famous Italian film reviewers.