Story of movie Hands Over The City : 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.
| 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 date | September, 1963 (Italy) September 17, 1964 (U.S.) |
Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | Italy France |
| Language | Italian |
Screenplay
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.
Rod Steiger in a stillframe of the movie
- 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
The film won the Golden Lion award of the Venice Film Festival in 1963.
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