Sacco e Vanzetti (1971)
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo

Drama / History
aka: Sacco and Vanzetti

Film Synopsis

New York, 1920.  Two Italians, shoemaker Nicolas Sacco and anarchist fishmonger Bartolomeo Vanzetti, are arrested and charged with the murder of two men during a hold-up.  Their lawyer, Fred Moore, is able to prove their innocence, but the prosecutor and the judge concoct a challenge that is based on racism and anti-Bolshevik paranoia.  The jury finds the two men guilty and they are sentenced to death.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Giuliano Montaldo
  • Script: Fabrizio Onofri (story), Giuliano Montaldo (story), Mino Roli (story), Ottavio Jemma
  • Cinematographer: Silvano Ippoliti
  • Music: Ennio Morricone
  • Cast: Gian Maria Volonté (Bartolomeo Vanzetti), Riccardo Cucciolla (Nicola Sacco), Cyril Cusack (Frederick Katzmann), Rosanna Fratello (Rosa Sacco), Geoffrey Keen (Judge Webster Thayer), Milo O'Shea (Fred Moore), William Prince (William Thompson), Claude Mann (Journalist), Armenia Balducci (Virginia), Pier Giovanni Anchisi (Membro Comitato Difesa), Marisa Fabbri (Mary Splaine), Claudio Gora (Joe Morelli), Giacomo Piperno (Pelser), Carlo Sabbatini (McCallum), Francesco Anniballi (Spettatore al processo), Bruno Bertocci (Stenografo del tribunale), Nestore Cavaricci (Poliziotto in aula), Sergio Fantoni (Consul Giuseppe Andrower), Valentino Macchi (Uomo in sala di processo), Edward Jewesbury
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: Italian / English
  • Support: Black and White / Color
  • Runtime: 120 min
  • Aka: Sacco and Vanzetti ; Sacco & Vanzetti

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