Property Is No Longer a Theft

Property is No Longer Theft
Directed by	Elio Petri
Screenplay by	Elio Petri Ugo Pirro[1]
Story by	Elio Petri Ugo Pirro[1]
Produced by	[1]
Starring	Ugo Tognazzi Flavio Bucci Daria Nicolodi
Cinematography	Luigi Kuveiller[1]
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni[1]
Music by	Ennio Morricone[1]
Production companies	Quasars Film Company Labrador Films[1]
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	1 July 1973 (1973-07-01)
Running time	125 minutes[1]
Countries	Italy France[1]

Property Is No Longer a Theft (Italian: La proprietà non è più un furto) is a 1973 comedy film directed by Elio Petri. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Plot[]

Total, a young bank cashier, sees his life, with its grey, dismal prospects, as disappointing. He envies the wealth of many of his clients, often accumulated though criminal or corrupt activities.

After surviving an armed robbery, he decides to start a new life, as a thief. Resigning from his job, he begins discreetly with small robberies in supermarkets, progressing to larger frauds, including of a former client, a butcher.

He enjoys the new clothes, new cars and new women but his neuroticism and social conscience pose problems.

Cast[]

• Ugo Tognazzi as The Butcher
• Flavio Bucci as Total
• Daria Nicolodi as Anita
• Salvo Randone as Total's father
• Mario Scaccia as Albertone
• Julien Guiomar as Bank director
• Jacques Herlin as Bank employee
• Gigi Proietti as Paco
• Orazio Orlando as Pirelli
• as Bocio
• as Zaganè
• as Mafalda
• Ada Pometti

Release[]

Property is No Longer Theft was released on July 1, 1973. It was distributed by Titanus.^[1]

References[]

Sources[]

• Curti, Roberto (2021). Eltio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476642834.

External links[]

• Property Is No Longer a Theft at IMDb

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