Hands Over the City (1963)
"Le mani sulla città" (original title)

Director:

Francesco Rosi

Writers:

Francesco Rosi (idea), Raffaele La Capria (idea),

Stars:

Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rod Steiger	...	Edoardo Nottola
Salvo Randone	...	Professor De Angelis
Guido Alberti	...	Maglione
Marcello Cannavale	...	Friend of Nottola
Dante Di Pinto	...	President of Inquiry Committee
Alberto Conocchia	...	Friend of Nottola
Carlo Fermariello	...	De Vita
Terenzio Cordova	...	Prosecutor
Gaetano Grimaldi Filioli	...	Friend of Nottola
Angelo D'Alessandro	...	Balsamo
Vincenzo Metafora	...	Mayor
Dany París	...	Dany

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

lie | photograph | telephone call | real estate | eviction | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

9 October 1963 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Hands Over the City

Filming Locations:

Naples, Campania, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Galatea Film, Societé Cinématographique Lyre

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 41137 delivered on 10-9-1963.

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Connections

Followed by Diario napoletano (1992)

User Reviews

Disagree with previous comment

This film seems an effort to engage the life and destiny of a city at the level of the political and social, using journalistic techniques but always with an awareness that these are also interpretations - something that most USian journalism tends to overlook. What will mostly bother people is that it lacks the usual human center - the man/woman/family to which the bad things happen which will cause us to care that they are happening. This is hardly an oversight; it is a choice, and one that deserves to be considered openly without the rush to judgment that otherwise occurs when confronted with the unfamiliar. The human center of the film is there, but always at the edges, implied. We barely glimpse the victims of the collapsed building, but their fate informs every frame. And the superb "portrayals" by actual members of the city council (the De Vita character, e.g.) give us not actors, but people enmeshed in the actuality. This film deserves wider awareness.