The Facts of Murder (film)

The Facts of Murder
Directed by	Pietro Germi
Produced by	Giuseppe Amato ; Mario Silvestri
Written by	Ennio De Concini
Based on	That Awful Mess on Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda
Starring	Pietro Germi ; Claudia Cardinale ; Franco Fabrizi
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Cinematography	Leonida Barboni
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini
Production; company	Riama Film
Distributed by	Cineriz ; Seven Arts Productions (US)
Release date	11 November 1959
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Facts of Murder (Italian: Un maledetto imbroglio) is a 1959 Italian crime film mystery directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale.[1] The film is based on the 1957 novel That Awful Mess on Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda. The sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi.

It was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the United States.

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 as Inspector Ciccio Ingravallo
Claudia Cardinale as Assuntina
Franco Fabrizi as Valdarena
Cristina Gaioni as Virginia
Claudio Gora as Remo Banducci
Eleonora Rossi Drago as Liliana Banducci
Saro Urzì as Detective Saro
Nino Castelnuovo as Diomede
Ildebrando Santafe as Anzaloni
Peppino De Martino as Dr. Fumi
Silla Bettini as Oreste

Awards

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

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References

Moliterno p.150-51

Bibliography

Moliterno, Gino. A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

The Facts of Murder on IMDb

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[1] Moliterno p.150-51