Bandits in Milan (Italian: Banditi a Milano; also known as The Violent Four) is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival,[2] but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.[3] It is the debut film of Agostina Belli.[4][page needed] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[5]

Bandits in Milan
Film poster under alternative English title
Banditi a Milano
Directed byCarlo Lizzani
Screenplay by
Story byCarlo Lizzani[1]
Produced byDino De Laurentiis[1]
Starring
CinematographyGiuseppe Ruzzolini[1]
Edited byFranco Fraticelli[1]
Music byRiz Ortolani[1]
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 30 March 1968 (1968-03-30)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly[1]
Box office1.768 billion

Production

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Like director Carlo Lizzani's previous film Wake Up and Die is based on a real life event, specifically a bank robbery that went wrong in Milan on 25 September 1967.[1]

Cast

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Release

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Bandits in Milan was released on 30 March 1968.[1] It grossed just over 1.768 million in Italy.[1] As of 2013, the film has never been released on home video.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Curti, 2013. p. 11
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Bandits in Milan". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  3. ^ "1968 - On the beach, pavers". Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  4. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi (2003). Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  5. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

References

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  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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