Cento giorni a Palermo
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Cento giorni a Palermo is a 1984
non-fiction
film
directed by Giuseppe Ferrara
with Giuseppe Tornatore
as screenplay writer. The film is a France
/Italy
coproduction and tells about the last hundred days in the life of the Italian "Generale dei Carabinieri
" and anti-mafia
highest authority Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
as prefect
of Palermo
, the capital of the Italian island of Sicily
. Dalla Chiesa's life ended with his barbaric murder, shot by the machine gun
s of a mafia squad (along his wife and his bodyguard) on September 3, 1982.
1984 in film
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non-fiction
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Giuseppe Ferrara
Giuseppe Ferrara
Giuseppe Ferrara is an Italian film director and screenwriter. His 1987 film The Moro Affair was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival, where Gian Maria Volonté won the Silver Bear for Best Actor....
with Giuseppe Tornatore
Giuseppe Tornatore
-Life and career:Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo.He worked initially as a freelance photographer...
as screenplay writer. The film is a France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
/Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
coproduction and tells about the last hundred days in the life of the Italian "Generale dei Carabinieri
Carabinieri
The Carabinieri is the national gendarmerie of Italy, policing both military and civilian populations, and is a branch of the armed forces.-Early history:...
" and anti-mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
highest authority Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa was a general of the Italian carabinieri notable for campaigning against terrorism during the 1970s in Italy, and later assassinated by the Mafia in Palermo.-Biography:...
as prefect
Prefect
Prefect is a magisterial title of varying definition....
of Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
, the capital of the Italian island of Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
. Dalla Chiesa's life ended with his barbaric murder, shot by the machine gun
Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
s of a mafia squad (along his wife and his bodyguard) on September 3, 1982.
Cast
- Lino VenturaLino VenturaLino Ventura , was an Italian actor who starred in French movies.-Biography:Born as Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura in Parma, Italy to Giovanni Ventura and Luisa Borrini, "Lino" dropped out of school at the age of eight and later took on a variety of jobs...
- General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa - Giuliana De SioGiuliana De SioGiuliana De Sio is an Italian actress and the sister of folk singer Teresa De Sio.-Biography and career:She was born in Salerno and lived in Cava de' Tirreni, her family's town of origin. She made her first public appearance when she was five years old, in a show at the Verdi theater in Salerno...
- Emanuela Setti Carraro - Lino Troisi - Pio La Torre
- Stefano Satta FloresStefano Satta FloresStefano Satta Flores was an Italian film and dubbing actor.A native of Naples, Italy, Satta Flores graduated from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in the Italian capital city of Rome. He began acting in amateur dramatics at the Piccolo Teatro, where he acted in Shakespeare and Sbragia plays...
- Captain Fontana - Arnoldo FoàArnoldo FoàArnoldo Foà is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in over 130 films since 1938. He was born in Ferrara, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Un giorno nella vita * Bellezze in bicicletta...
: Virginio Rognoni - Andrea Aureli
- Accursio Di Leo
- Adalberto Maria MerliAdalberto Maria MerliAdalberto Maria Merli is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in 27 films since 1965.He was born in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* La prima notte di quiete * Black Holiday...