Rent How to Kill a Judge (1975)
3.5 of 5 from 47 ratings
1h 50min
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- Synopsis:
- In How to Kill a Judge, Franco Nero (Django) plays filmmaker Giacomo Solaris, whose latest film features a judge corrupted by the mafia and who is later killed. The real judge the character is based on seizes the film but is later found murdered. Feeling a degree of responsibility, Solaris investigates through his police and mafia advisors, but as the assassinations increase around him, will he reach the source of the conspiracy?
- Actors:
- Franco Nero, Françoise Fabian, Pierluigi Aprà, Giancarlo Badessi, Ennio Balbo, Luciano Catenacci, Giorgio Cerioni, Tano Cimarosa, Mico Cundari, Eva Czemerys, Enrico DiMarco, Claudio Gora, Marco Guglielmi, Salvatore Moscardini, Claudio Nicastro, Renzo Palmer, Elio Zamuto, Gianni Zavota, Giovanni Miceli, Michelangelo Di Benedetto
- Directors:
- Damiano Damiani
- Producers:
- Mario Cecchi Gori
- Writers:
- Damiano Damiani, Fulvio Gicca Palli, Enrico Ribulsi
- Aka:
- Perché si uccide un magistrato
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/07/2023
- Run Time:
- 111 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interview with star Franco Nero (2022,13 mins)
- New interview with Alberto Pezzotta, author of Regia Damiano Damiani (2022,34 mins)
- Lessons in Violence: A new video essay on the film by filmmaker David Cairns (2023,22 mins)
- English and Italian Trailers
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Cracking - How to Kill a Judge review by sb
FILM & REVIEW Cracking Italian political thriller has Nero (sporting a tremendous 70’s porno moustache) as a film director whose latest film is a thinly disguised expose of a well known Sicilian judge up to his ears in Mafia corruption and local politics. The film ends with the judge being gunned down - his wife (Fabian) hates it and wants it banned but the real life judge is amused by it all and let’s it’s slide. On the way to the airport back to Rome Nero discovers the real life judge has also been shot dead as life imitates art. He returns to try and uncover what led to this and is soon immersed in Mafia corruption, crooked politicians and bent coppers. He also gets involved with the judges widow which takes him down paths he never expected as it becomes apparent that nothing is quite what it seems. Both leads are excellent and is the way the whole of Sicilian society is so deeply in thrawl to the Mafia. This the third of director Damiani trilogy so much seek out the others - very good indeed - 4/5
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