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Hands Over the City

Original title: Le mani sulla città
  • 1963
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 41m
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7.6/10
3.1K
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Hands Over the City (1963)
Drama

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

  • Director
    • Francesco Rosi
  • Writers
    • Francesco Rosi
    • Raffaele La Capria
    • Enzo Provenzale
  • Stars
    • Rod Steiger
    • Salvo Randone
    • Guido Alberti
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    3.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Francesco Rosi
    • Writers
      • Francesco Rosi
      • Raffaele La Capria
      • Enzo Provenzale
    • Stars
      • Rod Steiger
      • Salvo Randone
      • Guido Alberti
    • 14User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 5 nominations

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    Rod Steiger and Guido Alberti in Hands Over the City (1963)
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    Rod Steiger
    Rod Steiger
    • Edoardo Nottola
    Salvo Randone
    Salvo Randone
    • De Angelis
    Guido Alberti
    • Maglione
    Marcello Cannavale
    • Amico di Nottola
    Dante Di Pinto
    • Presidente della Commissione
    Alberto Conocchia
    • Amico di Nottola
    Carlo Fermariello
    • De Vita
    Terenzio Cordova
    • Commissario
    Gaetano Grimaldi Filioli
    • Amico di Nottola
    Angelo D'Alessandro
    • Balsamo
    Vincenzo Metafora
    • Sindaco
    Dany París
    • Dany - Amante di Maglione
    • (as Dany Paris)
    Alberto Amato
    Alberto Amato
    • Consigliere Comunale
    • (uncredited)
    Renzo Farinelli
    • Giornalista
    • (uncredited)
    Pasquale Martino
    • Capo dell'archivio
    • (uncredited)
    Mario Perelli
    • Capo dell'Ufficio Technico
    • (uncredited)
    Francesco Rigamonti
    • Consigiliere Comunale
    • (uncredited)
    Renato Terra
    Renato Terra
    • Giornalista
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Francesco Rosi
    • Writers
      • Francesco Rosi
      • Raffaele La Capria
      • Enzo Provenzale
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    • Trivia
      Rod Steiger's character comments that he looks too much like Benito Mussolini. Stegier would play Mussolini later in The Last 4 Days (1974) and The Lion of the Desert (1980).
    • Crazy credits
      Western Electric is misspelled ('Elettric').
    • Connections
      Featured in Diario napoletano (1992)

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    8/10
    completely mesmerising
    The first quarter of an hour of this film is completely mesmerising as we see a series of overhead shots of the different sides to the city of Naples and then the incredibly shot building collapse. At the same time we are made aware of the corruption in the building industry and how most of the money ends up in the same place all the time. Rod Steiger plays the main villain of the peace and it is an extraordinary performance. For considerable periods we simply see him prancing about his office, clearly struggling to think of the best way out of the immediate problem, the best way to get more political power and the best way for him and his son to stay on top. he expresses so much, and in such an Italian way, the pressures his constant messing with peoples' lives brings him. There are many fine sequences as the various political factions gang up and then get bought off as the big man inevitably gets his way. I preferred the slightly more fictionalised and later Three Brothers and Illustrious Corpses but this near documentary impression of Italy's boom building phase is very impressive and involving.
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    • Aug 1, 2017

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    • Release date
      • November 7, 1963 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Ruke nad gradom
    • Filming locations
      • Naples, Campania, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Galatea Film
      • Societé Cinématographique Lyre
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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