Hands over the City | |
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Film poster for Hands over the City
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Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
Produced by | Lionello Santi |
Written by | Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella |
Starring |
Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Marcello Cannavale |
Music by | Piero Piccioni |
Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date
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September, 1963 (Italy) September 17, 1964 (U.S.) |
Running time
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105 min. |
Country |
Italy France |
Language | Italian |
Hands over the City (Italian: Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post-World War II Italy.
A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large scale suburban real estate deal. However, after the collapse of a residential building, the Communist councilman De Vita (Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry on Nottola's possible connection to the accident.
The film won the Golden Lion award of the Venice Film Festival in 1963.