Der tödliche Kreis

Der tödliche Kreis (1978)

Circuito chiuso

In einem Kino, in dem ein Western gezeigt wird, findet man einen Erschossenen. Bei einer Rekonstruktion der Situation durch die Polizei gibt es wieder einen Toten: erschossen wie das erste Opfer. Die Polizei zieht den Geheimdienst zu Hilfe. Als sich schließlich der Polizeipräsident auf den Platz des Ermordeten setzt, geschieht Unfassbares…

Erscheinungsdatum
1978-02-22
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (19)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 46 Min.
Genres
Krimi, TV-Film
Regie
Giuliano Montaldo

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Closed Circuit is a 1978 Italian made-for-television mystery film directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.

Production

In an interview conducted before his death in 2023, director Giuliano Montaldo cited that the Ray Bradbury short story The Veldt was a direct inspiration on the screenplay, though it was not ultimately an official adaptation. In the film's conclusion, while not named, Bradbury is name-checked and the story and its denouement are discussed by the detective and the sociologist.

Though never directly mentioned or named within the movie, the western scenes on the screen were taken from Giulio Petroni's 1968 film A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof, which starred William Berger and Giuliano Gemma. Gemma recreated his character's appearance in new footage shot by Montaldo to make his film gunslinger sentient and aware of the audience.

Shown only on Italian television initially, it received a U.S. Blu-ray release from Severin Films in 2023.

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