Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gian Maria Volontè | ... | Bartolomeo Vanzetti | |
Riccardo Cucciolla | ... | Nicola Sacco | |
Cyril Cusack | ... | Frederick Katzmann | |
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Rosanna Fratello | ... | Rosa Sacco |
Geoffrey Keen | ... | Judge Webster Thayer | |
Milo O'Shea | ... | Fred Moore | |
William Prince | ... | William Thompson | |
Claude Mann | ... | Eddie | |
Edward Jewesbury | ... | Alvan T. Fuller | |
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Armenia Balducci | ... | Virginia |
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Valentino Orfeo | ... | Celestino Madeiros |
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Pier Giovanni Anchisi | ... | Membro Comitato Difesa (as Piero Archisi) |
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Desmond Perry | ... | Lieutenant |
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John Harvey | ... | Minister Palmer |
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In 1920, the anarchist Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Gian Maria Volonté) are sentenced to death, falsely accused of a robbery and murder. Indeed they are condemned due to their political beliefs, in one of the most shameful and hypocrite judgments of the human history. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
My comment could not possibly add anything to the ones already available. I just want to say that the latest scandal in this story is that the film has not been made available on DVD ! Is there a conspiracy still going on to prevent such films from being watched by new generations ? I am exasperated to see that thousands of trash films are published on DVD every month while such masterpieces are still ignored. Sacco e Vanzetti reaches far beyond the subject of the two anarchists ignominiously put to death in a misconducted trial. The ghosts of the two men are still behind every prejudiced account by the media, every lie by politicians all over the world. It calls for better institutions, better democracy all over the world. The fact that so many film buffs bothered to express their admiration for this outstanding movie should entice a publisher to make this film at last available. I have kept checking for years, but nothing so far.