The Assassin (1961 film)

The Assassin (Italian: L'assassino) is a 1961 Italian crime film directed by Elio Petri.[2] It is the feature film debut of Petri. It was entered into the 11th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

The Assassin
Directed byElio Petri
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Tonino Guerra
  • Elio Petri[1]
Produced byFranco Cristaldi
StarringMarcello Mastroianni
CinematographyCarlo Di Palma[1]
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni[1]
Music byPiero Piccioni[1]
Production
companies
  • Titanus-Vides
  • Societe Generale de Cinematographie
Distributed byTitanus[1]
Release date
  • 1 April 1961 (1961-04-01)
Running time
106 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]

Plot

Early one morning at an expensive apartment in Rome, the police arrest Alfredo, a good-looking bachelor who runs an upmarket antique business selling fakes. The charge is murder: Adalgisa, his wealthy former mistress, has been found dead in a seaside hotel. Alfredo is dumbfounded, since he had visited her that night to ask for more time to repay a loan and they had made love, but he would never have dreamed of killing her.

His life becomes a nightmare as the police stick regardless to their theory, interrogating him endlessly and probing into his past life. He comes to see that the existence he had never examined before was founded on egoism and lies. His relationships with his widowed mother, with his innocent fiancée, with the customers he cheated, and with the dead Adalgisa were all hollowed out by his superficiality and selfishness.

Next morning the police release him into the street, realising at last that he is innocent of the murder. But all his other problems remain.

Cast

Release

The Assassin was released on April 1, 1961. It was distributed by Titanus.[1]

References
  1. Curti 2021, p. 310.
  2. "The Complete Index To World Film: The Assassin". CITWF.com. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  3. "IMDB.com: Awards for The Assassin". imdb.com. Retrieved 22 January 2010.

References
  • Curti, Roberto (2021). Eltio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476642833.


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