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Why? (1971)

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Why?

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Director

  • Nanni Loy
    Nanni Loy

Writers

  • Sergio Amidei
    Sergio Amidei
    screenplay and
  • Emilio Sanna
    Emilio Sanna
    screenplay
  • Rodolfo Sonego
    Rodolfo Sonego
    idea

Cast

(in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
  • Alberto Sordi
    Alberto Sordi
    Alberto Sordi
    Giuseppe Di Noi
  • Elga Andersen
    Elga Andersen
    Elga Andersen
    Ingrid Di Noi
  • Lino Banfi in The Soldier with Great Maneuvers (1978)
    Lino Banfi
    Lino Banfi
    Direttore del carcere di Sagunto
  • Andrea Aureli in The Other Hell (1981)
    Andrea Aureli
    Andrea Aureli
    Guardia
  • Giuseppe Anatrelli
    Giuseppe Anatrelli
    Rosario Scalia
  • Gianni Bonagura
    Gianni Bonagura
    Avv. Sallustio Giordana
    (as Gianfelice Bonagura)
  • Tano Cimarosa in Mafia (1968)
    Tano Cimarosa
    Tano Cimarosa
    Un secondino
  • Antonio Casagrande
    Antonio Casagrande
    Giudice
  • Nino Formicola
    Nino Formicola
    The Barber in Jail
  • Michele Gammino in The Soldier with Great Maneuvers (1978)
    Michele Gammino
    Michele Gammino
    Don Paolo
  • Nazzareno Natale
    Nazzareno Natale
    Saverio
  • Giovanni Pallavicino
    Giovanni Pallavicino
  • Mario Pisu
    Mario Pisu
    Psichiatra
  • Silvio Spaccesi
    Silvio Spaccesi
    Maresciallo
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Umberto Amambrini
    Umberto Amambrini
    Policeman at the Photographs
    (uncredited)
  • Nello Appodia
    Nello Appodia
    Detenuto sulla Barca
    (uncredited)
  • Gianfranco Barra and John Karlsen in Screw Loose (1999)
    Gianfranco Barra
    Gianfranco Barra
    Segretario del Carcere
    (uncredited)
  • Mario Brega in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
    Mario Brega
    Mario Brega
    Detenuto amico di Scalia
    (uncredited)
  • Omero Capanna
    Omero Capanna
    Luigi Donato
    (uncredited)
  • Nestore Cavaricci
    Nestore Cavaricci
    Prison guard
    (uncredited)
  • Guido Cerniglia
    Guido Cerniglia
    Agente carcerario
    (uncredited)
  • Alfredo Ciarpelloni
    Alfredo Ciarpelloni
    Detenuto
    (uncredited)
  • Gianni Di Segni
    Gianni Di Segni
    Detenuto
    (uncredited)
  • Alberigo Donadeo
    Alberigo Donadeo
    Prisoner
    (uncredited)
  • Fulvio Mingozzi
    Fulvio Mingozzi
    Mingozzi, un secondino
    (uncredited)
  • Romano Moraschini
    Romano Moraschini
    Prison Guard
    (uncredited)
  • Amerigo Santarelli at an event for Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
    Amerigo Santarelli
    Amerigo Santarelli
    Prisoner
    (uncredited)
  • Antonio Spaccatini
    Antonio Spaccatini
    Judge Assistant
    (uncredited)
  • Luca Sportelli
    Luca Sportelli
    Secondino
    (uncredited)

Producers

  • Gianni Hecht Lucari
    Gianni Hecht Lucari
    producer
  • Fausto Saraceni
    Fausto Saraceni
    executive producer

Composer

  • Carlo Rustichelli
    Carlo Rustichelli

Cinematographer

  • Sergio D'Offizi
    Sergio D'Offizi

Editor

  • Franco Fraticelli
    Franco Fraticelli

Production Designer

  • Gianni Polidori
    Gianni Polidori

Art Director

  • Gianni Polidori
    Gianni Polidori

Set Decorator

  • Dino Leonetti
    Dino Leonetti

Costume Design

  • Marisa Crimi
    Marisa Crimi
  • Bruna Parmesan
    Bruna Parmesan

Makeup Department

  • Marcella Favella
    Marcella Favella
    hair stylist
  • Franco Rufini
    Franco Rufini
    makeup artist

Production Management

  • Renato Jaboni
    Renato Jaboni
    production manager
  • Agostino Pane
    Agostino Pane
    production supervisor

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Luca Damiano
    Luca Damiano
    assistant director (as Franco Locascio)

Sound Department

  • Mario Amari
    Mario Amari
    sound mixer
  • Massimo Jaboni
    Massimo Jaboni
    sound (as Massimo Jabone)
  • Antonio Catalano
    Antonio Catalano
    sound restoration (uncredited)

Stunts

  • Omero Capanna
    Omero Capanna
    stunt actor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Giovanni Bergamini
    Giovanni Bergamini
    camera operator (as Gianni Bergamini)
  • Enrico Lucidi
    Enrico Lucidi
    assistant camera

Editorial Department

  • Pierluigi Leonardi
    Pierluigi Leonardi
    assistant editor
  • Luigi Zitta
    Luigi Zitta
    assistant editor (as Luigi Zita)

Music Department

  • Bruno Nicolai
    Bruno Nicolai
    conductor

Script and Continuity Department

  • Mario Milani
    Mario Milani
    script editor
  • Anna Maria Montanari
    Anna Maria Montanari
    script supervisor

Additional Crew

  • Margherita Autuori
    Margherita Autuori
    press attache (as Rossetti)
  • Enrico Lucherini
    Enrico Lucherini
    press attache (as Lucherini)
  • Claudio Saraceni
    Claudio Saraceni
    production accountant
  • Matteo Spinola
    Matteo Spinola
    press attache (as Spinola)
  • Paolo Vandini
    Paolo Vandini
    production secretary
  • Nino Vendetti
    Nino Vendetti
    press attache (as Vendetti)
  • Mario Bardella
    Mario Bardella
    voice dubbing (uncredited)
  • Stefano Satta Flores
    Stefano Satta Flores
    voice dubbing: Nazzareno Natale (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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