Hands Over The City

– Rod Steiger is ferocious as a scheming land developer in Francesco Rosi’s Hands over the City, a b..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 41 Minutes
Release Year:
1963
Original Name:
Le mani sulla città
Hands Over the City (1963) - Also known as Le mani sulla città

Rod Steiger is ferocious as a scheming land developer in Francesco Rosi’s Hands over the City, a blistering work of social realism and the winner of the 1963 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion. This expose of the politically driven real-estate speculation that has devastated Naples’s civilian landscape moves breathlessly from a cataclysmic building collapse to the backroom negotiations of civic leaders vying for power in a city council election, laying bare the inner workings of corruption with passion and outrage.

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Release Date:

07 Nov 1963

Language:

Italian

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Francesco Rosi

Writer:

Francesco Rosi (idea), Raffaele La Capria (idea), Francesco Rosi (screenplay), Raffaele La Capria (screenplay), Enzo Provenzale (screenplay), Enzo Forcella (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Marcello Cannavale

Plot:

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Production:

Criterion Collection

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.7/10