| Hands over the City | |
| Director: | Francesco Rosi |
| Producer: | Lionello Santi |
| Starring: | Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Marcello Cannavale |
| Music: | Piero Piccioni |
| Cinematography: | Gianni Di Venanzo |
| Editing: | Mario Serandrei |
| Distributor: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Runtime: | 105 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian Neapolitan |
Hands over the City (Italian: Le mani sulla città ) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post-World War II Italy.[1] 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]
A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large-scale suburban real-estate deal. However, after the collapse of a residential building next to a construction site, the manager of which is his son, the communist councilman De Vita (Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry into Nottola's connection to the accident.
The film won the Golden Lion award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival.