Credited cast: | |||
Giancarlo Giannini | ... | Antonio Murillo | |
Ornella Muti | ... | Maria | |
Otar Koberidze | ... | Alvarado | |
Regimantas Adomaitis | ... | Perez | |
Juozas Budraitis | ... | Gomes | |
Enzo Fiermonte | ... | Zhozo | |
Stefano Madia | ... | Pako | |
Evgeniy Lebedev | ... | Rostao (as Yevgeni Lebedev) | |
Stanislav Chekan | |||
Feliks Yavorsky | ... | Pastor | |
Nikolai Dupak | ... | Komissar | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Andrei Daniluk | ||
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Irina Ditts | ... | Waitress |
Vladimir Druzhnikov | ... | (voice) | |
Valentin Kulik | ... | Prisoner |
Antonio is a retired aviator from the Portuguese colonial wars. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship of Antonio d'Oliveira Salazar. He is arrested and escapes with his love. The code word among the resisters is: 'Life is Beautiful.' Written by X
I can't believe how overlooked this movie is, it's one of the best of the Itallian 'Poliziotti' crime thrillers of the 70's. Starring the always fantastic Giancarlo Giannini and the absolutely gorgeous Ornella Muti it ranks alongside the likes of 'High Crime (1973)'.
OVERVIEW - Wrongly accused of conspiracy against the state, a man is arrested, imprisoned and separated from his lover, beaten by the authorities for failure to collaborate, and threatened by the resistance, who believe him to be a government spy.
This movie is probably so overlooked due to the fact it's so hard to find, but there is a very rare DVD release in the UK under the title 'Betrayed' I would recommend fans of this type of movie to hunt it out...10/10