"La piovra 7 - Indagine sulla morte del comissario Cattani" (1995) TV mini-series

Director:

Luigi Perelli

Writers:

Umberto Contarello (screenplay)
Francesco Marcucci (additional dialogue)

Release Date:

4 March 1995 (Italy)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! Episode 1 - RETURN TO SICILY - is the coming back of several characters to the little town where...

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Money Laundering | Inquest | Love | Pirate Radio

Cast

Patricia Millardet	...	Silvia Conti
Ennio Fantastichini	...	Saverio Bronta
Florinda Bolkan	...	Countess Olga Camastra
Raoul Bova	...	Vice-commissario Gianni Breda
Anita Zagaria	...	Giulia Altofonte, the schoolteacher
Renato De Carmine	...	Aldo Rannisi, Olga's husband
Stefan Danailov	...	Nazareno 'Nuzzo' Marciano
Lorenza Indovina	...	Chiara Bronta, Saverio's wife
Alfredo Pea	...	Mario Altofonte, the jeweller
Francesco Benigno	...	Biagio Granchio, Rosario's son
Gedeon Burkhard	...	Daniele Rannisi, the pirate reporter
Vittorio Di Prima	...	Inspector Livoti
Sergio Fiorentini	...	Michele Orione, the chief prosecutor
Romina Mondello	...	Sara Granchio
Giancarlo Prete	...	Lucio Panarea, the TV producer

Also Known As:

Allein gegen die Mafia 7 (Germany)
The Octopus 7 (Australia)

Runtime:

627 min (6 parts)

Country:

Italy | Austria | France | Germany

Language:

Italian | Russian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

New Boyana Film Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria

Company:

Anabase Production

Trivia:

The Thule Academy is mentioned in the plot as being the center of the new crime ring. Though no direct reference is made to the Thule Society, formed in Munich in 1918 as a Middle East religious cult, and transformed into a Nazi activist group dedicated to destabilizing the Weimar Republic, the plot hints at a revival of that Nazi secret society behind the sophisticated computer-crimes and money-laundering of the present time.

Movie Connections:

Followed by La piovra 9 - Il patto (1998) (TV)

One of the best TV series I've ever seen

I haven't seen this one in a while, but I do remember how this Italian show mesmerized an entire foreign country, and a huge one, too! Literally everyone who had a TV watched it, and those who didn't came over to their friends who did! One of the best TV series I've ever seen. The actors are good (Michele Placido is the lead actor for the first few seasons, I believe), the stories are incredible, very personal yet universal, there is so much real raw drama that you definitely need a box of tissues nearby! There is quite a bit of violence, not graphic, but it's a mafia series, so naturally, there are victims. Music is perhaps one of the best things about this series (I believe it's by Ennio Morricone)! I've been searching for its soundtrack desperately ever since I got Internet, so far without much success.