Un maledetto imbroglio

Infobox Film
name = Un maledetto imbroglio


image_size = 240px
caption = Italian dvd cover
director = Pietro Germi
producer = Giuseppe Amato, Mario Silvestri
writer = Carlo Emilio Gadda (novel), Ennio De Concini
narrator =
starring = Pietro Germi, Claudia Cardinale
music = Carlo Rustichelli
cinematography = Leonida Barboni
editing = Roberto Cinquini
distributor =
released = 1959
runtime = 115 minutes
country = Italy
language = Italian
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id =0053039

"Un maledetto imbroglio" also known as "The Facts of Murder" is a 1959 award winning Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda "Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana".

The film was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the USA.

Plot

A disguised bandit steals valuable jewellery from Commendatore Anzaloni's apartment and flees, leaving Anzaloni unharmed. Inspector Ingravallo investigates and finds that the robbery is suspicious in that the robber was able to find valuables too quickly. A neighbour, Liliana Banducci, employs a servant girl, Assuntina. Her fiancé, Diomede, tries to escape when he sees police tailing Assuntina. But Diomede has an alibi. Liliana's cousin, Dr. Valdarena, pays her a visit, only to find her corpse on the floor. But before calling police, Valdarena removes an envelope addressed to him from the sideboard. Liliana's husband Remo was away from Rome at the time of the murder, but he is very surprised to hear that Liliana had changed her will only one week earlier".

Cast

*Pietro Germi ... Inspector Ciccio Ingravallo
*Claudia Cardinale ... Assuntina
*Franco Fabrizi ... Valdarena
*Cristina Gaioni ... Virginia
*Claudio Gora ... Remo Banducci
*Eleonora Rossi Drago... Liliana Banducci
*Saro Urzì ... Detective Saro
*Nino Castelnuovo ... Diomede
*Ildebrando Santafe ... Anzaloni
*Peppino De Martino ... Dr. Fumi
*Silla Bettini ... Oreste
*Rosolino Bua ... Priest
*Loretta Capitoli ... Camilla, la beduina
*Nanda De Santis ... Zamira, la sdentata
*Gianni Musi ... Retalli
*Toni Ucci ... Er Patata
*Vincenzo Tocci ... Filone

Awards

* Mar de Plata Film Festival : Best Director
* Nastro d'Argento : Best Script, Best Supporting Actor (Claudio Gora ).

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