Rappresaglia = Massacre in Rome / Surf Film ; Compagnia Cinematografica Champion s.p.a., Les Films Concordia ; Carlo Ponti presenta ;i ; sceneggiatura di Robert Katz e George Pan Cosmatos ; prodotto da Carlo Ponti ; diretto da George Pan Cosmatos.
Edition:
2 DVD special edizione.
Publisher:
NoShame Films,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
2 videodiscs (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Marcello Mastroianni, Richard Burton, Leo McKern, Renzo Montagnani, Giancarlo Prete, John Steiner, Robert Harris, Delia Boccardo. "Digitally remastered from the original vault 35mm Interpositive"--DVD container cover insert. Based on the book: Death in Rome / by Robert Katz. Collectibile booklet containing liner notes and talent biographies inserted in container.
Contents:
Disc 1 : Introduction by Marcello Gatti -- Original Italian theatrical trailer -- Original English trailer -- Poster and still gallery -- Disc 2 : Interview with director George P. Cosmatos (6 min.) -- Lensing a massacre - interview with director of photography Marcello Gatti (21 min.) -- Amacord Marcello - interview with star Marcello Mastroianni (13 min.) -- True story behind the massacre - interview with real-life partisan Mario Fiorentini (35 min.) -- Fight for freedom - interview with real-life partisan Rosario Bentivegna (28 min.) -- The facts, the lies, the victims - interview with historian Sandro Portelli (23 min.).
Summary:
On March 23, 1944 in Rome, Italian partisans attacked a German military police patrol. Thirty-three Germans died and in retribution, the Germans killed ten Italians for every one German who was killed. This film relives those dreadful 24 hours in history.
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