Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers (1960)

Rocco e i suoi fratelli

DARING in its realism. STUNNING in its impact. BREATHTAKING in its scope.

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Date of release
1960-10-07
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (689)
Runtime
2h 58m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Crime
Director
Luchino Visconti

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $11.3K
  • Filmed in: Milan, Viale Bligny, Teatro Principe, Lake Como, and Bellagio
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival

Rocco and His Brothers is a 1960 epic melodrama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, and Claudia Cardinale in one of her early roles. Set in 1960 Milan, it tells the story of a migrant family from southern Italy and its disintegration in the society of the industrial north.

Production

Rocco and His Brothers was filmed in Milan during the spring of 1960. Locations included Piazza del Duomo, the Milan Cathedral, and the Milano Centrale railway station. Other scenes were shot in Rome, Bellagio, and Civitavecchia. Renato Salvatori (Simone) and Annie Girardot (Nadia) romantically eloped during filming; they got married two years later.

The film's controversial subject matter caused several setbacks. Filming permits were denied for multiple locations that had previously been approved, such as when provincial premier Adrio Casati learned that the climactic murder scene was to be filmed in a large recreational area in Idroscalo. Casati claimed the scene bore an "inopportune resemblance to reality", as a young prostitute had recently been murdered in the area.

During post-production, Visconti re-dubbed and re-edited the film to change the name of the main family from "Pafundi" to "Parondi" after a local judge named Pafundi, who had heard rumors about the film's content and did not want anyone to think it was about him, threatened to sue the producers.

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