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Rare Italian crime film from Francesco Rosi, the director of "Francesco Giuliani" and "Hands Over the City."Starring Lino Ventura and Max Von Sydow.
- 115 min
- 38.1K
- Declining Interest
Aug 24, 2021 · Cox often allows for long stretches of silence, but there is a lot of good information folded into this track. Trailers: The nearly three-and-half minute trailer is provided for Illustrious Corpses. There are also trailers provided for The Sicilian Clan, A Pain In The Ass, The Hunter Will Get You and Farewell, Friend . Final Thoughts
- Dillon Gonzales
Sep 4, 2021 · With Charles Vanel, Max von Sydow and Fernando Rey, and music by Piero Piccioni. The insightful audio commentary is by Alex Cox. The original Italian title is even more blood-curdling: Cadaveri eccellenti. On Blu-ray from KL Studio Classics. 09/04/21. Read the Review. A Life at Stake. The Grifters.
Illustrious Corpses (Cadaveri Eccellenti, in Italian) is a classic European political thriller, rich in themes and imagery, in which an apparently straightforward police procedural becomes a nightmare of intrigue where nothing and no-one is what it seems. The film itself is ultimately inconclusive.
- Francesco Rosi
- 1976
- Thriller
Sep 4, 2021 · Illustrious Corpses made its U.S. premiere at Filmex in 1976, accompanied by its producer and star. That was the year I volunteered to rewind reels in the film prep room, run by the UCLA Film Archive. It was a good time — the festival was held in the brand new Plitt Century Plaza, which was partly incomplete; the projection was impeccable.
Sep 28, 2021 · Plenty of value here. There is also a theatrical trailer for the film. Francesco Rosi's Illustrious Corpses has a brilliant measured build. It circles around political corruptions and the mystery of the, vendetta-like, murdered judges. In 2008, the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved.
While not as immediately tough as Rosi's political case histories, Illustrious Corpses burns on a slow fuse. A lone policeman (Ventura) investigates the murders of prominent legal figures. But as ...
