Il giorno della civetta (film)
Encyclopedia
Il giorno della civetta is a 1968
Italian
mafia
crime
thriller film directed by Damiano Damiani. Inspired by Leonardo Sciascia
's novel with same title
, it stars Claudia Cardinale
and Franco Nero
. It was released in USA in 1970. The film was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival
.
1968 in film
The year 1968 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.* November 1 - The MPAA's film rating system is introduced.-Top grossing films :- Awards :...
Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
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...
crime
Crime
Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...
thriller film directed by Damiano Damiani. Inspired by Leonardo Sciascia
Leonardo Sciascia
Leonardo Sciascia was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright and politician. Some of his works have been made into films, including Open Doors and Il giorno della civetta .- Biography :Sciascia was born in Racalmuto, Sicily...
's novel with same title
The Day of the Owl
The Day of the Owl is a crime novel about the Mafia by Leonardo Sciascia, finished in 1960 and published in 1961.As the author wrote in his preface of the 1972 Italian edition, the novel was written at a time in which the existence of the Mafia itself was debated and denied...
, it stars Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
and Franco Nero
Franco Nero
Franco Nero is an Italian actor.-Early life:Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero Parmense , the son of a sergeant in the...
. It was released in USA in 1970. The film was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival
18th Berlin International Film Festival
The 18th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from June 21 to July 2, 1968.-Jury:* Luis García Berlanga * Peter Schamoni* Alex Viany* Georges de Beauregard* Alexander Walker* Domenico Meccoli* Carl-Eric Nordberg...
.
Cast
- Claudia CardinaleClaudia CardinaleClaudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
... Rosa Nicolosi - Franco NeroFranco NeroFranco Nero is an Italian actor.-Early life:Nero was born Francesco Sparanero in San Prospero Parmense , the son of a sergeant in the...
... Captain Bellodi - Lee J. CobbLee J. CobbLee J. Cobb was an American actor. He is best known for his performance in 12 Angry Men his Academy Award-nominated performance in On the Waterfront and one of his last films, The Exorcist...
... Don Mariano Arena - Tano CimarosaTano CimarosaTano Cimarosa was an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director from Sicily. He participated in more than fifty movies.He played the "Blacksmith" in the Oscar-winning film Cinema Paradiso from 1988....
... Zecchinetta (as Gaetano Cimarosa) - Nehemiah PersoffNehemiah PersoffNehemiah Persoff is an American film and television character actor. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate.Born in what is now part of Israel, Persoff emigrated with his family to the United States in 1929...
... Pizzuco - Ennio BalboEnnio BalboEnnio Balbo was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 45 films between 1958 and 1988.He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Agent 077 From the Orient with Fury...
- Ugo D'Alessio
- Fred Coplan
- Giovanni Pallavicino
- Giuseppe LauricellaGiuseppe LauricellaGiuseppe Lauricella was an Italian mathematician who is remembered today for his contributions to analysis and the theory of elasticity....
- Vincenzo Falanga
- Laura De MarchiLaura De Marchi-Selected filmography:- External links :...
... Daughter of Don Mariano - Brizio Montinaro
- Lino Coletta
- Vincenzo Norvese