Mafioso (1962)

Director:

Alberto Lattuada

Writers:

Rafael Azcona (writer)
Bruno Caruso (story)

Release Date:

25 October 1962 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Plot:

When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.

Plot Keywords:

Sicilian | Sicily | Factory | Supervisor | Vacation

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Alberto Sordi	...	Antonio Badalamenti
Norma Bengell	...	Marta
Gabriella Conti	...	Rosalia
Ugo Attanasio	...	Don Vincenzo
Cinzia Bruno	...	Donatella
Katiuscia	...	Patrizia (as Katiusca Piretti)
Armando Tine	...	Dr. Zanchi
Lilly Bistrattin	...	Dr. Zanchi's Secretary
Michèle Bailly	...	Young Baroness
Francesco Lo Briglio	...	Don Calogero
Carmelo Oliviero	...	Don Liborio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stefano Benigno
Paolo Cuccia
Hugh Hurd
Vincenzo Norvese
Giuseppe Stagnitti
John Topa
Saverio Turiello

Also Known As:

Mafioso (USA)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Compagnia Cinematografica Antonio Cervi

Quotes:

Don Liborio: [passing a street vendor] Now, a nice cap for the gentleman. What color do you want... black or checked?
Antonio Badalamenti: Black.
Don Liborio: Want to try it on?
[Nino looks at himself in a mirror.]
Don Liborio: Now you're really one of us.

Movie Connections:

References Boccaccio '70 (1962)

Godfather

Mafia ties run deep in this film about a middle level manager in an auto plant in Milan who takes his family to his native Sicily for a summer vacation. Admired by his old childhood friends who can't take their eyes off of his attractive wife, he's the local boy who makes good in the big city. But "Mafioso" presents the deep ties that connect him into his ancestral village, portraying a system that runs deep in this Sicilian setting of an ancient village in which his family's connections intertwine with local Cosa Nostra. The director and the lead actor both make this a film in which one can savor just about every scene. Alberto Sordi connects the comedy with the drama, the good humored happy family man obligated into the "brotherhood" by Don Vicenzo and his right hand man to do his part, keeping him literally in the dark.