The Assassin ( L'assassino )

The Assassin (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: L'assassino
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Elio Petri

Written By:
Tonino Guerra
Elio Petri

Actors:
Marcello Mastroianni ..... Alfredo Martelli
Micheline Presle ..... Adalgisa De Matteis
Cristina Gaioni ..... Antonella Nogara
Salvo Randone ..... Commissario Palumbo
Andrea Checchi ..... Morello
Francesco Grandjacquet ..... Vecchio signore
Marco Mariani ..... Commissario Margiotta
Franco Ressel ..... Dottore Francesconi
Mac Ronay ..... Suicida
Toni Ucci ..... Toni
Max Cartier ..... Bruno
Bruno Scipioni ..... Rosetta
Giovanna Gagliardo ..... Amico di Nello
Liana Ferri
Carlo Egidi

Synopsis:

Released within months of Fellini s La Dolce Vita and Antonioni s La Notte, Elio Petri s dazzling first feature L Assassino also stars Marcello Mastroianni, this time as dandyish thirtysomething antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli, arrested on suspicion of murdering his older, far wealthier lover Adalgisa (Micheline Presle). But as the increasingly Kafkaesque police investigation proceeds, it becomes less and less important whether Martelli actually committed the crime as his entire lifestyle is effectively put on trial. Best known for Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and The Tenth Victim, Petri was one of the finest and yet most underrated Italian directors of the 1960s and 70s. Highly acclaimed on its original UK release but unjustly neglected since, L Assassino is a remarkably assured debut from one of the cinema s sharpest chroniclers of Italian social and political realities. Petri said that he wanted to reflect the changes wrought by the early sixties, and to examine a new generation of upstarts who lacked any kind of moral scruple .

Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police in his apartment without justification. In the precinct, he slowly discovers what is the investigation about as we find out details about his life.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 05 March, 2015.