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Elio Petri's acclaimed Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector investigating a heinous crime-which he committed himself. Both a penetrating character study and a disturbing commentary on th...

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Uniform Title:Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Volonté, Gian Maria, 1933-1994 (Actor), Bolkan, Florinda, 1941- (Actor), Santuccio, Gianni, 1911-1989 (Actor), Tramonti, Sergio (Actor), Orlando, Orazio, -1990 (Actor), Pirro, Ugo (Screenwriter), Petri, Elio, 1929-1982 (Screenwriter)
Format: Video DVD
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Italian dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: ©2013
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 682.
Subjects:
Criminal investigation > Italy > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Crime films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:Elio Petri's acclaimed Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector investigating a heinous crime-which he committed himself. Both a penetrating character study and a disturbing commentary on the draconian crackdowns by the Italian government in the late 1960s and early '70s, Petri's kinetic portrait of surreal bureaucracy is a perversely pleasurable rendering of controlled chaos.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1970.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; widescreen.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1971: Best Foreign Language Film.