Directed by:
Elio PetriCinematography:
Carlo Di PalmaComposer:
Piero PiccioniCast:
Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Cristina Gaioni, Salvo Randone, Marco Mariani, Giuliano Montaldo, Enrico Maria Salerno, Mac Ronay, Franco Ressel (more)Plots(1)
Released within months of Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and Antonioni’s La Notte, Elio Petri’s dazzling first feature L’Assassino also stars Marcello Mastroianni, this time as dandyish thirtysomething antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli, arrested on suspicion of murdering his older, far wealthier lover Adalgisa (Micheline Presle). But as the increasingly Kafkaesque police investigation proceeds, it becomes less and less important whether Martelli actually committed the crime as his entire lifestyle is effectively put on trial. (Arrow Academy)
(more)Cast
Marcello Mastroianni
Italy
Best movies:
A Special Day (1977)
Like Father, Like Son (1957)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Micheline Presle
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Villa Borghese (1953)
Cristina Gaioni
Italy
Best movies:
Love at Twenty (1962)
La tempesta (1958)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Salvo Randone
Italy
Best movies:
Marco Mariani
Best movies:
Blood in the Streets (1973)
Milano Calibro 9 (1972)
Wake Up and Die (1966)
Giuliano Montaldo
Italy
Best movies:
Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954)
The Assassin (1961)
The Caiman (2006)
Enrico Maria Salerno
Italy
Best movies:
Piazza di Spagna (1993) (series)
Wait for the Dawn (1960)
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
Mac Ronay
France
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
The Passionate Thief (1960)
Franco Ressel
Italy
Best movies:
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
All the Way Trinity (1972)
The Valachi Papers (1972)
Toni Ucci
Italy
Best movies:
The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
Piazza di Spagna (1993) (series)
Max Cartier
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Salvatore Giuliano (1961)
The Assassin (1961)
Giovanna Gagliardo
Italy
Best movies:
The Assassin (1961)
Carlo Egidi
Italy
Best movies:
The Assassin (1961)
Andrea Checchi
Italy
Best movies:
Black Sunday (1960)
Siluri umani (1954)
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
Paolo Panelli
Italy
Best movies:
Splendor (1989)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
Bruno Scipioni
Italy
Best movies:
The Organiser (1963)
Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Kapò (1959)