Illustrious Corpses (1976)
Cadaveri eccellenti
A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.
- Date of release
- 1976-02-12
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (115)
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Genres
- Thriller
- Director
- Francesco Rosi
Casting
- Lino Ventura — Inspector Amerigo Rogas
- Tino Carraro — Chief of Police
- Marcel Bozzuffi — The Lazy
- Paolo Bonacelli — Dr. Maxia
- Alain Cuny — Judge Rasto
- Maria Carta — Madame Cres
- Luigi Pistilli — Cusan
- Tina Aumont — The Prostitute
- Renato Salvatori — Police Commissioner
- Paolo Graziosi — Galano
- Anna Proclemer — Nocio's Wife
- Fernando Rey — Security Minister
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Palermo
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: David di Donatello for Best Film
Illustrious Corpses is a 1976 Italian-French thriller film directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Lino Ventura, based on the 1971 novel Equal Danger by Leonardo Sciascia.
Background
The film's title refers to the surrealist game Cadavre Exquis invented by André Breton, in which two or more participants contribute words or images to a collective piece of art without seeing the contributions made by the other party or parties.
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