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Sacco & Vanzetti ()

Sacco e Vanzetti (original title)
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In 1920s Boston, Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are scrutinized for their anarchist beliefs while on trial for robbery and murder.
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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Nicola Sacco
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Frederick Katzmann
Rosanna Fratello ...
Rosa Sacco
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Judge Webster Thayer
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Fred Moore
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William Thompson
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Eddie
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Alvan T. Fuller
Armenia Balducci ...
Virginia
Valentino Orfeo ...
Celestino Madeiros
Pier Giovanni Anchisi ...
Defense Board Member (as Piero Archisi)
Desmond Perry ...
Lieutenant
John Harvey ...
Minister Palmer
Felicity Mason
Paul Sheriff
Maria Grazia Marescalchi ...
Brini
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Mary Splaine
Anthony Stergar ...
Journalist
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(as Jhon Gray)
Claudio Sora ...
Joe Morelli
Sergio Serafini
Giorgio Dolfin
Giacomo Piperno ...
Pelser
Giorgio Paoletti
Franco Odoardi
Raimondo Penne
Carlo Sabatini ...
McCallum
Raffaele Triggia
Page Jones
Romano Moschini
Riccardo Ventura
Francesco Conversi
Luciano Palermo
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Francesco Anniballi ...
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Bruno Bertocci ...
Stenographer (uncredited)
Nestore Cavaricci ...
Court Officer (uncredited)
Lewis E. Ciannelli ...
Courtroom Interpreter (uncredited)
Philip Dallas ...
Defense Board Member (uncredited)
Bruno Degni ...
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
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Consul Giuseppe Andrower (uncredited)
Mario Ingrassia ...
Court Officer (uncredited)
Alessandro Iovino ...
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Valentino Macchi ...
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Harold Null ...
Juror (uncredited)
Mario Pascucci ...
Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Branko Spoljar ...
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Armando Tortorici ...
Man Outside Courtroom (uncredited)

Directed by

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Giuliano Montaldo

Written by

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Fabrizio Onofri ... (story) &
Giuliano Montaldo ... (story) &
Mino Roli ... (story)
 
Fabrizio Onofri ... (screenplay) &
Giuliano Montaldo ... (screenplay) &
Ottavio Jemma ... (screenplay)

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Arrigo Colombo ... producer
Giorgio Papi ... producer

Music by

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Ennio Morricone

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Silvano Ippoliti ... director of photography

Editing by

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Nino Baragli

Editorial Department

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Andreina Casini ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Aurelio Crugnola

Costume Design by

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Enrico Sabbatini

Makeup Department

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Ernesta Cesetti ... hair stylist
Lamberto Marini ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Ennio Di Meo ... production supervisor
Piero Donati ... production manager
Franco Fumagalli ... production supervisor
John D. Schofield ... assistant production manager (as John Schofield)
Dick Stantor ... assistant production manager

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Lorenzo Magnolia ... assistant director
Vera Pescarolo ... second assistant director
Stefano Rolla ... assistant director

Art Department

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Maria-Teresa Barbasso ... assistant production designer
Luigi Quintili ... assistant production designer (as Gino Quintili)

Sound Department

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Aldo De Martino ... sound (as Aldo De Martini)
Massimo Anzellotti ... foley artist (uncredited)
Gilles Barberis ... audio restorer (uncredited)
Alessandro Biancani ... audio restorer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Renato Doria ... assistant camera
Mario Mazzoni ... still photographer
Enrico Sasso ... camera operator
Massimiliano Terzo ... camera operator second unit

Music Department

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Joan Baez ... lyricist (as Baez)
Ennio Morricone ... conductor
Joan Baez ... featured vocalist (uncredited) / music performer (uncredited) / musician: guitar (uncredited) / singer (uncredited)
Walter Branchi ... musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni ... chorus (uncredited)
Gaston Chiarni ... musician: oboe (uncredited)
Bruno Nicolai ... conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Vittoria Vigorelli ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Margherita Autuori ... publicist (as Margherita Rossetti)
Lewis E. Ciannelli ... dialogue director: English version (as Lewis Ciannelli)
Dino Di Dionisio ... production secretary
Enrico Lucherini ... publicist
Matteo Spinola ... publicist
Nino Dal Fabbro ... voice dubbing: Cyril Cusack (uncredited)
Alberto De Stefani ... production accountant (uncredited)
Sergio Graziani ... voice dubbing: Claude Mann (uncredited)
Antonio Guidi ... voice dubbing: Geoffrey Keen (uncredited)
Dario Penne ... voice dubbing: Milo O'Shea (uncredited)
Giorgio Piazza ... voice dubbing: William Prince (uncredited)
Enzo Sisti ... production accountant (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Riccardo Cucciolla and Gian Maria Volontè are Sacco and Vanzetti, subjects of one of the most infamous trials of the twentieth century. Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, known for their anarchist beliefs, stand accused of robbery and murder. Their political leanings are used as evidence against them, but defense attorney Fred Moore (Milo O'Shea) is convinced of their innocence. As anti-immigrant and anti-radical sentiments run high, one of the most polarizing trials in U.S. history unfolds in this riveting docudrama from director Giuliano Montaldo. The musical score was composed and conducted by the great Ennio Morricone featuring folk music legend Joan Baez. The top-notch cast also includes Cyril Cusack, Geoffrey Keen, William Prince and Claude Mann.

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Taglines The Murders that shocked the Nation. The Trial that still shakes the World. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Sacco et Vanzetti (France)
  • Sacco & Vanzetti (Canada, English title)
  • Sacco and Vanzetti (United States)
  • Sacco & Vanzetti (World-wide, English title)
  • Sacco & Vanzetti (United States)
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Runtime
  • 125 min
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Trivia Giuliano Montaldo in a recent interview declared that the first shot of the Gian Maria Volontè monologue was cut, even if perfect, because one of the smaller players started crying due to the convincing performance. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Appunti per un viaggio alle radici dell'emigrazione vista al cinema... (2010). See more »
Soundtracks The Ballad of Sacco and Vanzetti See more »
Crazy Credits The English-language prints begin with the following text crawl: "On January 2, 1920, U.S. Attorney General Mitchell A. Palmer, together with an army of government agents and anyone else who wanted to take part in "Palmer's Red Raids," launched simultaneous attacks in thirty-three cities across the country. The targets were radical and anarchist headquarters. Windows were smashed, property wrecked and resisters beaten. On the east coast, the raids were centered mostly in Massachusetts and New York. Thousands of chained aliens were marched through the streets of Boston and New York City on their way to Deer Island and Ellis Island for deportation." See more »
Quotes Nicola Sacco: You speak of dollars and cents, sir. Let's talk about millions of dollars. If you talk about a manager of industry or the head of a bank who donates money to a university, everybody says, "What a great man he is!" But I have worked thirteen years in this free country, doing what I've been told. I've worked like a slave and I still don't own anything, not a single dollar. Here, all you hear is, "Passport, passport!" But when I went to the consulate to organize my journey back to be repatriated, I didn't even have money to pay for the trip! After thirteen years, I would return to my homeland with nothing, just like I started.
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