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Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)

Sacco e Vanzetti (original title)
GP | | Biography , Crime , Drama | 16 March 1971 (Italy)
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The story of two anarchists who were charged and unfairly tried for murder when it was really for their political convictions.

Director:

Giuliano Montaldo

Writers:

Fabrizio Onofri (story), Giuliano Montaldo (story) | 4 more credits »

Stars:

Gian Maria Volontè, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gian Maria Volontè ... Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Riccardo Cucciolla ... Nicola Sacco
Cyril Cusack ... Frederick Katzmann
Rosanna Fratello Rosanna Fratello ... Rosa Sacco
Geoffrey Keen ... Judge Webster Thayer
Milo O'Shea ... Fred Moore
William Prince ... William Thompson
Claude Mann Claude Mann ... Journalist
Edward Jewesbury ... Alvan T. Fuller
Armenia Balducci Armenia Balducci ... Virginia
Valentino Orfeo Valentino Orfeo
Pier Giovanni Anchisi Pier Giovanni Anchisi ... Membro Comitato Difesa (as Piero Archisi)
Desmond Perry Desmond Perry
John Harvey John Harvey
Felicity Mason Felicity Mason
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Storyline

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

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Plot Keywords:

anarchist | 1920s | italian immigrant | police | arrest | See All (39) »

Taglines:

What you don't know about Sacco & Vanzetti will stun you! (Must be seen from the beginning) See more »

Genres:

Biography | Crime | Drama

Certificate:

GP | See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | English

Release Date:

16 March 1971 (Italy) See more »

Also Known As:

Sacco & Vanzetti See more »

Filming Locations:

Dublin, Ireland

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jolly Film,Unidis,Theatre Le Rex S.A. See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Giuliano Montaldo in a recent interview declared that the first shot of the Gian Maria Volontè monologue was cut, even if perfect, because one of the smaller players started crying due to the convincing performance. See more »

Connections

Version of L'affaire Sacco et Vanzetti (1967) See more »

Soundtracks

E Dover Morire
Keyboards [Synket] by Walter Bianchi
Written and composed by Ennio Morricone
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One of the greatest films on one of the vilest affairs
7 September 2007 | by pierre-veck – See all my reviews

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.
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