Directed by:
Elio PetriCinematography:
Luigi KuveillerComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Gian Maria Volonté, Florinda Bolkan, Arturo Dominici, Gianfranco Barra, Vincenzo Falanga, Salvo Randone, Massimo Foschi, Roberto Bonanni, Alfonso Giganti (more)VOD (1)
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The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (a commanding Gian Maria Volonté) investigating a heinous crime - which he himself committed. Both a compelling character study and a disturbing commentary on the draconian government crackdowns in Italy in the late 1960s and early ’70s, Petri’s kinetic portrait of surreal bureaucracy is a perversely pleasurable rendering of controlled chaos. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
![Gian Maria Volonté](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/577/162577429_d7fe1a.jpg)
Gian Maria Volonté
Italy
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Moro Affair (1986)
![Florinda Bolkan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/656/165656670_822afe.jpg)
Florinda Bolkan
Brazil
Best movies:
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
The Last Valley (1971)
![Arturo Dominici](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483282_cb8139.jpg)
Arturo Dominici
Italy
Best movies:
Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
Silent Action (1975)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
![Gianfranco Barra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452476_5ac451.jpg)
Gianfranco Barra
Italy
Best movies:
Giovanni Falcone (1993)
Avanti! (1972)
Viva Italia! (1977)
![Vincenzo Falanga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/473/473508_49a97b.jpg)
Vincenzo Falanga
Best movies:
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Violent Naples (1976)
Mafia (1968)
![Salvo Randone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/040/844/40844695_ca1c69.jpg)
Salvo Randone
Italy
Best movies:
![Massimo Foschi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/966/157966769_c4f882.jpg)
Massimo Foschi
Italy
Best movies:
Otello (1986)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Roberto Bonanni
Best movies:
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Forget Paris (1995)
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Alfonso Giganti
Best movies:
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Vittorio Duse
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
The Leopard (1963)
Alessandro Tedeschi
Best movies:
General Della Rovere (1959)
Rome 11:00 (1952)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Gianni Santuccio
Italy
Best movies:
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Shoot First, Die Later (1974)
Queens of Evil (1970)
Ettore Geri
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Giuseppe Terranova
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Ace High (1968)
Aristide Caporale
Italy
Best movies:
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Amarcord (1973)
Viva Italia! (1977)
Orazio Orlando
Italy
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Aldo Rendine
Italy
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Execution Squad (1972)
Aleka Paizi
Greece
Best movies:
Pino Patti
Italy
Best movies:
Una questione d'onore (1966)
Il sole anche di notte (1990)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Filippo De Gara
Italy
Best movies: