Mafioso | |
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Directed by | Alberto Lattuada |
Written by | Rafael Azcona Bruno Caruso Marco Ferreri Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli |
Produced by | Tonino Cervi Dino De Laurentiis |
Starring | Alberto Sordi Norma Bengell |
Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
Edited by | Nino Baragli |
Music by | Piero Piccioni Nino Rota |
Distributed by | Rialto Pictures Zenith International Films |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Mafioso is a 1962 Italian Mafia black comedy film directed by Alberto Lattuada. The film stars Alberto Sordi as a factory manager who visits his hometown in Sicily and is tasked with performing a hit for the Mafia. It was awarded Best Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[2]