Hands over the City

Hands over the City
Hands over the City
	Film poster for Hands over the City
Directed by	Francesco Rosi
Written by	Francesco Rosi; Raffaele La Capria; Enzo Forcella
Produced by	Lionello Santi
Starring	Rod Steiger; Salvo Randone; Guido Alberti; Marcello Cannavale
Cinematography	Gianni Di Venanzo
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	September, 1963 (Italy); September 17, 1964 (U.S.)
Running time	105 min.
Countries	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.^[1]

Plot

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.

Cast

Rod Steiger as entrepreneur Edoardo Nottola
Salvo Randone as De Angeli
Guido Alberti as Maglione
Angelo D'Alessandro as Balsamo
Carlo Fermariello as De Vita
Marcello Cannavale as Nottola's friend
Alberto Canocchia as Nottola's friend
Gaetano Grimaldi Filioli as Nottola's friend
Dante Di Pinto as the president at the commission of enquiry
Dany Paris as Maglione's lover
Alberto Amato as a counsellor
Franco Rigamonti as a counsellor
Terenzio Cordova as the inspector
Vincenzo Metafora as the trade unionist

Awards

The film won the Golden Lion award of the Venice Film Festival in 1963.

References

^ "Le mani sulla città (Hands Over the City) (1963)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

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[1] "Le mani sulla città (Hands Over the City) (1963)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-01-25.

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