Bandits in Milan explained

Bandits in Milan
Native Name:Banditi a Milano
Director:Carlo Lizzani
Producer:Dino De Laurentiis[1]
Screenplay:
Story:Carlo Lizzani
Starring:
Music:Riz Ortolani
Cinematography:Giuseppe Ruzzolini
Editing:Franco Fraticelli
Studio:Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:98 minutes
Country:Italy
Gross:1.768 billion

Bandits in Milan (Italian: '''Banditi a Milano'''; also known as The Violent Four) is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[2] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.[3] It is the debut film of Agostina Belli.[4] 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."[5]

Production

Like director Carlo Lizzani's previous film Wake Up and Die is based on a real life event, specifically a bank robbery that went wrong in Milan on 25 September 1967.

Cast

Release

Bandits in Milan was released on 30 March 1968. It grossed just over 1.768 million in Italy.As of 2013, the film has never been released on home video.

Notes

References

Notes and References

  1. Curti, 2013. p. 11
  2. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Bandits in Milan . 4 April 2009. festival-cannes.com.
  3. News: 1968 - On the beach, pavers. 10 December 2013.
  4. Book: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. 2003. Gremese Editore, 2003. 888440214X.
  5. Web site: Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera. 2021-03-11. www.corriere.it.