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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Why this pick
A ferocious Italian institutional thriller with the same distrust of official power, escalating investigation, and chilly, absurdist political menace.
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MOVIE1976 2h 0m ITA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film starts with the murder of Investigating Judge Vargas in Palermo, amongst a climate of demonstrations, strikes and political tension between the Left and the Christian Democracy (Italy) government. The subsequent investigation failing, the police assign Inspector Rogas (Lino Ventura), a man with a firm faith in the integrity of the judiciary, to solve the case. While he is starting his investigation, two judges are killed. All victims turn out to have worked together on several cases. After Rogas discovers evidence of corruption surrounding the three government officials, he is encouraged by superiors "not to forage after gossip," but to trail the "crazy lunatic who for no reason whatever is going about murdering judges." This near admission of guilt drives Rogas to seek out three men wrongfully convicted by the murdered judges. He is joined by a journalist friend working for a far-left newspaper, Cusan.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tino Carraro
Polizeichef
Fernando Rey
Max von Sydow
Präsident des Obersten Gerichtshofs
Marcel Bozzuffi
der Faule
Paolo Bonacelli
Dr.Maxia
Alain Cuny
Richter Rasto
Charles Vanel
Staatsanwalt