Dillinger Is Dead

Dillinger Is Dead (1969)

Dillinger è morto

A man decides to cook for himself and finds a revolver (which may have belonged to John Dillinger) hidden in his kitchen.

Date of release
1969-01-24
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (148)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Marco Ferreri

Casting

Interesting facts

Dillinger Is Dead is a 1969 Italian drama film directed by Marco Ferreri starring Michel Piccoli, Anita Pallenberg and Annie Girardot. It follows a bored, alienated man over the course of one night in his home. The title comes from a newspaper headline featured in the film which proclaims the death of the real life American gangster John Dillinger.

Production

Director Marco Ferreri first met Michel Piccoli when he visited the actor on the set of Alain Cavalier's La Chamade (1968). Ferreri had Piccoli read a few pages from Dillinger Is Dead and hired him immediately. Piccoli has said Ferreri did not direct his performance and only gave simple blocking instructions. He played the character as solitary and volatile, comparing it to his role in Agnès Varda's Les Créatures (1966).

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