Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
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| Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | |
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| Directed by | Elio Petri |
| Produced by | Marina Cicogna Daniele Senatore |
| Written by | Elio Petri Ugo Pirro |
| Starring | Gian Maria Volontè Florinda Bolkan |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller |
| Editing by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (US release) |
| Release date(s) |  February 9, 1970 December 20, 1970 |
| Running time | 112 min. |
| Language | Italian |
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Italian: Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) is a 1970 Italian film crime drama directed by Elio Petri. It is a dramatic, psychological, black-humoured satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his lover and then tests whether the police would accuse him for this. During the movie, he is seen planting obvious clues while the other police officers ignore them, either intentionally or not.
The film was highly regarded in its own time, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and both the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Also it won as Best Foreign Language Film at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1971. Today the film stands well, thanks to its intelligent composition.
Volonté performed one of his most celebrated roles as the idiosyncratic, nervous police inspector, portraying a clichéd authoritarian southern Italian police functionary.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Gian Maria Volontè | Police Inspector |
| Florinda Bolkan | Augusta Terzi |
| Gianni Santuccio | Police Commissioner |
| Orazio Orlando | Biglia |
| Sergio Tramonti | Antonio Pace |
| Arturo Dominici | Mangani |
| Aldo Rendine | Nicola Pannunzio |
| Massimo Foschi | Augusta's Husband |
| Aleka Paizi | Inspector's Maid |
| Vittorio Duse | Canes |
| Pino Patti | |
| Salvo Randone | Plumber |
| Giuseppe Licastro | |
| Filippo De Gara | Policeman |
| Fulvio Grimaldi | Paese Sera journalist |
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| Preceded by Z |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1970 |
Succeeded by The Garden of the Finzi-Continis |
| Preceded by Ådalen 31 |
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes 1969 |
Succeeded by Johnny Got His Gun tied with Taking Off |
