Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
Acting
Volonté's sweaty, swaggering descent into god complex
Direction
Petri's camera as complicit witness to power
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes bureaucracy against truth
Director
Elio Petri
Gian Maria Volonté
Dottore
Florinda Bolkan
Augusta Terzi
Gianni Santuccio
Police Prefect
Orazio Orlando
Biglia
Sergio Tramonti
Antonio Pace
Arturo Dominici
Mangani
Aldo Rendine
Nicola Panunzio
Massimo Foschi
Augusta's Husband
Aleka Paizi
Governess
Vittorio Duse
Canes
Pino Patti
Wiretapping Dep. Head
Salvo Randone
Plumber
Fulvio Grimaldi
Patanè
Giuseppe Aguinaldo Nicastro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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