La Piovra
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La Piovra (Italian for octopus) ("The Mafia" [1] ) is an acclaimed Italian TV drama about the Mafia.
The story was by Sandro Petraglia. The production was designed by Luigi Perelli. The soundtrack was by Riz Ortolani and later by Ennio Morricone, who went on to compose music for several sequels.
The first 5 series have been released on DVD in Australia in the original Italian with English subtitles. The 6th series is being released in Australia in May 2008.
[edit] Cast
- Michele Placido as Corrado Cattani
- Patricia Millardet as Silvia Conti
- Remo Girone as Tano Cariddi
- Raoul Bova as Gianni Breda
- Vittorio Mezzogiorno as Davide Licata
- Florinda Bolkan as Countess Olga Camastra
[edit] References
- ^ Though in Italian a piovra is normally an octopus or even a giant squid, figuratively it is a parasite like a bloodsucker, mainly a leech, and so its familiar meaning becomes just "the Mafia".
[edit] External links
- La Piovra at the Internet Movie Database (1984) 402 min
- La Piovra 2 at the Internet Movie Database (1985) 384 min
- La Piovra 3 at the Internet Movie Database (1987) 430 min
- La Piovra 4 at the Internet Movie Database (1989) 600 min
- La Piovra 5 - Il cuore del problema at the Internet Movie Database (1990) 400 min
- La Piovra 6 - L' ultimo segreto at the Internet Movie Database (1992) 420 min
- La Piovra 7 at the Internet Movie Database (1994) 600 min
- La Piovra 8 - Lo scandalo at the Internet Movie Database (1997) 220 min
- La Piovra 9 - Il patto at the Internet Movie Database (1998) 220 min
- La Piovra 10 at the Internet Movie Database (1999) 200 min
