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Un maledetto imbroglio

The Facts of Murder
Film still from UN MALEDETTO IMBROGLIO: In the foreground are two men in an argument. A woman stands behind them and watches them.

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  • Director

    Pietro Germi

  • Italy / 1959
    115 min. / 35 mm / Original version with German subtitles

  • with

    Claudia Cardinale, Pietro Germi, Franco Fabrizi, Claudio Gora, Saro Urzì, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Nino Castelnuovo

  • Original language

    Italian

  • Cinema

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While investigating a jewelry theft and a murder on Via Merulana in Rome, detective Ingravallo (Pietro Germi) comes across altered wills, suspect alibis and telltale letters. The film is based on a book by Carlo Emilio Gadda, a depiction of Roman society and its social structures shaped across different linguistic levels that forms a key work of the Italian modern. Pietro Germi’s adaptation is one of the big successes of the Italian thriller genre and was “a revelation” for Claudia Cardinale. Although she only played a supporting role, Pier Paolo Pasolini emphasized her work in his review: “His entire discussion of the film was based on the analysis of my gaze. He said I had a way of observing that was unique, a three-quarter view from the corner of my eye.” (CC) (hjf)

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