Hands over the City

Hands over the City
Film poster for Hands over the City
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
 September, 1963 (Italy)
September 17, 1964 (U.S.)
Running time
 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.[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 in a stillframe of the movie
  • 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

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


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