Hands over the City

Hands over the City
Film poster for Hands over the City
Directed by	Francesco Rosi
Written by	Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella
Produced by
Starring	Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti
Cinematography	Gianni Di Venanzo
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	September 1963 (1963-09) (Italy) 17 September 1964 (1964-09-17) (U.S.)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian Neapolitan

Hands over the City (Italian: Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post-World War II Italy.^[1]

Plot[]

A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large-scale suburban real-estate deal. However, after the collapse of a residential building, the communist councilman De Vita () initiates an inquiry into Nottola's possible connection to the accident.

Cast[]

Rod Steiger in a stillframe of the movie

• Rod Steiger as entrepreneur Edoardo Nottola
• Salvo Randone as De Angeli
• Guido Alberti as Maglione
• Angelo D'Alessandro as Balsamo
• as De Vita
• as Nottola's friend
• as Nottola's friend
• as Nottola's friend
• as the president at the commission of enquiry
• as Maglione's lover
• as a counsellor
• as a counsellor
• as the inspector
• as the mayor

Awards[]

The film won the Golden Lion award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival.

References[]

External links[]

• Hands over the City at IMDb
• Hands over the City at AllMovie
• Hands over the City an essay by Stuart Klawans at the Criterion Collection

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