Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Years of Lead (Italy). This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
1960s
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Italy | The Wildcat | Il gatto selvaggio | Andrea Frezza | |
| 1969 | Italy | Mother's Heart | Cuore di mamma | Salvatore Samperi | Drama. |
1970s
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Italy | Let's Have a Riot | Contestazione generale | Luigi Zampa | Comedy. |
| 1970 | Italy | Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto | Elio Petri | Crime, Drama. |
| 1972 | Italy France |
Slap the Monster on Page One | Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina | Marco Bellocchio | Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Murder of Milena Sutter |
| 1972 | Italy West Germany Monaco |
Execution Squad | La polizia ringrazia | Steno | Crime, Drama. |
| 1972 | Italy | Chronicle of a Homicide | Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente | Mauro Bolognini | Crime, Drama. |
| 1973 | Italy | Life at stake | La vita in gioco | Gianfranco Mingozzi | Drama. |
| 1973 | Italy | We Want the Colonels | Vogliamo i colonnelli | Mario Monicelli | Comedy. Piano Solo, Golpe Borghese |
| 1973 | Italy France |
Dirty Weekend | Mordi e fuggi | Dino Risi | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 1973 | Italy | The Great Kidnapping | La polizia sta a guardare | Roberto Infascelli | Action, Crime, Thriller. |
| 1974 | Italy | A normal day of violence | Un normale giorno di violenza | Giorgio Francesco Rizzini | Drama. Antonio Annarumma |
| 1974 | Italy France |
Quick trial | Processo per direttissima | Lucio De Caro | Crime, Drama. Giuseppe Pinelli, Italicus Express bombing |
| 1975 | Italy | Killer Cop | La polizia ha le mani legate | Luciano Ercoli | Action, Crime, Drama. Piazza Fontana bombing |
| 1975 | Italy | The Left Hand of the Law | La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere | Giuseppe Rosati | Crime, Drama. |
| 1975 | Italy | Silent Action | La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide | Sergio Martino | Action, Crime, Drama. Golpe Borghese |
| 1976 | Italy France |
Illustrious Corpses | Cadaveri eccellenti | Francesco Rosi | Crime, Mystery, Thriller. |
| 1976 | Italy | San Babila-8 P.M. | San Babila ore 20: un delitto inutile | Carlo Lizzani | Crime, Drama. Murder of Alberto Brasili |
| 1976 | Italy | Caro Michele | Mario Monicelli | Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Caro Michele. | |
| 1977 | Italy | An Average Little Man | Un borghese piccolo piccolo | Mario Monicelli | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Un borghese piccolo piccolo. |
| 1977 | Italy | I Am Afraid | Io ho paura | Damiano Damiani | Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 1977 | Italy | Could It Happen Here? | Italia: ultimo atto? | Massimo Pirri | Action. |
| 1977 | Italy | The... Beautiful Country | Il... Belpaese | Luciano Salce | Comedy, Drama. |
| 1979 | Italy France Canada |
Dear Father | Caro papà | Dino Risi | Drama. |
1980s
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Italy | To Love the Damned | Maledetti vi amerò | Marco Tullio Giordana | Drama. |
| 1981 | Italy | The lost party | La festa perduta | Pier Giuseppe Murgia | Drama, Romance. |
| 1981 | Italy | Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man | La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo | Bernardo Bertolucci | Comedy, Crime, Drama. |
| 1981 | Italy France |
Three Brothers | Tre fratelli | Francesco Rosi | Drama. Based on a novel Third son. |
| 1981 | Italy | The Fall of the Rebel Angels | La caduta degli angeli ribelli | Marco Tullio Giordana | Drama. |
| 1982 | Italy France |
Blow to the Heart | Colpire al cuore | Gianni Amelio | Drama. |
| 1984 | Italy | The boy from Ebalus | Il ragazzo di Ebalus | Giuseppe Schito | Drama. |
| 1985 | Italy | Secrets Secrets | Segreti segreti | Giuseppe Bertolucci | Drama. |
| 1986 | Italy France |
Devil in the Flesh | Il diavolo in corpo | Marco Bellocchio | Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Le Diable au corps. |
| 1986 | Italy | The Moro Affair | Il caso Moro | Giuseppe Ferrara | Crime, Drama, History. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 1987 | Italy | Il grande Blek | Giuseppe Piccioni | Drama. | |
| 1988 | Italy | The Invisible Ones | Gli invisibili | Pasquale Squitieri | Drama. Based on a novel Gli invisibili. |
| 1989 | Italy | Roma-Paris-Barcelona | Paolo Grassini Italo Spinelli |
Drama. | |
| 1989 | Italy | About That Strange Girl | A proposito di quella strana ragazza | Marco Leto | Drama, Mystery. |
1990s
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Italy | A cold May morning | Una fredda mattina di maggio | Vittorio Sindoni | Drama. |
| 1991 | United States | Year of the Gun | John Frankenheimer | Action, Romance, Thriller. Based on a novel Year of the Gun. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro | |
| 1992 | Italy France |
The End Is Known | La fine è nota La fin est connue |
Cristina Comencini | Thriller. Based on a novel The End Is Known. |
| 1993 | Italy | The time of return | Il tempo del ritorno | Lucio Lunerti | Drama, Thriller. |
| 1995 | Italy France |
Who Killed Pasolini? | Pasolini, an Italian Crime | Marco Tullio Giordana | Crime, Drama. Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| 1995 | Italy France |
The Second Time | La seconda volta | Mimmo Calopresti | Drama. Based on an autobiography Colpo alla nuca. |
| 1996 | Italy | My Generation | La mia generazione | Wilma Labate | Drama. |
| 1997 | Italy | The Grey Zone | Le mani forti | Franco Bernini | Drama. Piazza della Loggia bombing |
2000s
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Italy | Reconciled | Riconciliati | Rosalía Polizzi | Drama. |
| 2002 | Italy | The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | I banchieri di Dio | Giuseppe Ferrara | Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller. Clearstream affair |
| 2003 | Italy Spain United Kingdom |
I'm Not Scared | Io non ho paura | Gabriele Salvatores | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Based on a novel I'm Not Scared. |
| 2003 | Italy | The Fugitive | Il fuggiasco | Andrea Manni | Drama. Based on an autobiography Il fuggiasco. Massimo Carlotto |
| 2003 | Italy | The Best of Youth | La meglio gioventù | Marco Tullio Giordana | Drama, Romance. |
| 2003 | Italy United Kingdom Germany |
Five Moons Square | Piazza delle Cinque Lune | Renzo Martinelli | Drama, Thriller. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 2003 | Italy | Good Morning, Night | Buongiorno, notte | Marco Bellocchio | Drama. Based on the book Il prigioniero. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 2004 | Italy | If it is light it will be beautiful | Se sarà luce sarà bellissimo | Aurelio Grimaldi | Drama. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 2004 | Italy France |
Working Slowly (Radio Alice) | Lavorare con lentezza | Guido Chiesa | Drama. Radio Alice |
| 2005 | Italy | Contributory negligence | Concorso di colpa | Claudio Fragasso | Thriller. |
| 2005 | Italy France United Kingdom |
Criminal Novel | Romanzo Criminale | Michele Placido | Crime, Drama. |
| 2006 | Italy France |
The Goodbye Kiss | Arrivederci amore, ciao | Michele Soavi | Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Arrivederci amore, ciao. |
| 2007 | Italy | Guido who challenged the Red Brigades | Guido che sfidò le Brigate Rosse | Giuseppe Ferrara | Crime, Drama. Guido Rossa |
| 2007 | Italy France |
My Brother Is an Only Child | Mio fratello è figlio unico | Daniele Luchetti | Comedy, Crime, Drama, History. Based on a novel Il fasciocomunista. |
| 2009 | Italy Belgium United Kingdom France |
The Front Line | La prima linea | Renato De Maria | Biography, Crime, Drama. Based on the book Miccia corta. Sergio Segio |
2010s
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Italy France |
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy | Romanzo di una strage | Marco Tullio Giordana | Crime, Drama, Mystery. Based on the book Il segreto di piazza Fontana. Piazza Fontana bombing |
| 2014 | Italy | Bologna 2 August... The days of anger | Bologna 2 agosto... I giorni della collera | Giorgio Molteni Daniele Santamaria Maurizio |
Drama. Bologna massacre |
| 2015 | Italy | The yellow line | La linea gialla | Francesco Conversano Nene Grignaffini |
Drama. Bologna massacre |
| 2017 | France Italy |
After the War | Après la guerre | Annarita Zambrano | Crime, Drama. Marco Biagi |
2020s
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Italy | The Mattarella crime | Il delitto Mattarella | Aurelio Grimaldi | Crime, Drama, History. Piersanti Mattarella |
| 2020 | Italy | Our father | Padrenostro | Claudio Noce | Drama. Prisco Palumbo |
| 2022 | Italy | I was at war but I didn't know it | Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo | Fabio Resinaro | Drama. Based on the book Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo. Murder of Pierluigi Torregiani |
Television films
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Italy | The Dozier case | Il caso Dozier | Carlo Lizzani | Thriller. Kidnapping of James Dozier |
| 2010 | Italy | The draw | Il sorteggio | Giacomo Campiotti | Drama. Red Brigades |
TV Series
edit| Year | Country | Main title (Alternative title) |
Original title (Original script) |
Director | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Italy | Words and blood | Parole e sangue | Damiano Damiani | Crime. |
| 1984 | Italy France |
Nucleo zero | Carlo Lizzani | Drama, Thriller. | |
| 2008 | Italy | Aldo Moro - The president | Aldo Moro - Il presidente | Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | Biography, Drama. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
| 2008-10 | Italy | Criminal Novel – The Series | Romanzo criminale – La serie | Stefano Sollima | Crime, Drama, Thriller. |
| 2014 | Italy | The broken years | Gli anni spezzati | Graziano Diana | Drama. Luigi Calabresi, Mario Sossi |
| 2022 | Italy France |
Exterior Night | Esterno notte | Marco Bellocchio | Crime, Drama, History. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro |
References
edit- ^ Uva, Christian (2007). Schermi di piombo. Il terrorismo nel cinema italiano [Lead screens. Terrorism in Italian cinema] (in Italian). Rubbettino. ISBN 978-8849816891.
- ^ Musolino, Santina (7 October 2019). "Verso una memoria autocritica: ripensare i racconti e i ricordi degli "anni di piombo"" [Towards a self-critical memory: rethinking the stories and memories of the "years of lead"] (PDF). Democrazia e Sicurezza (in Italian). VIII, n. 4, 2018: 103–143. ISSN 2239-804X.
- ^ Hjelde, Bjarne (2018). "Gli anni di piombo, visti attraverso i film. L'effetto della lotta armata e della polarizzazione sul cinema italiano" (PDF). DUO. UNIVERSITETET I OSLO.
- ^ "L'Italia degli anni di piombo e della partecipazione come cinema, letteratura e arte hanno raccontato questo decennio" (PDF). Liceo Artistico Pistoia P.Petrocchi.
- ^ Hajek, Andrea (24 October 2013). "Lo stragismo sul grande schermo: terrorismo, didattica e le strategie dell'oblio in Italia". Fondazione Bologna University Press.
- ^ Olla, Gianni (25 September 2022). "Cinema e terrorismo: un repertorio storico, a futura memoria (Prima parte)". CineCriticaWeb.
- ^ Olla, Gianni (2 October 2022). "Cinema e terrorismo: un repertorio storico, a futura memoria (Seconda parte)". CineCriticaWeb.
- ^ Olla, Gianni (10 October 2022). "Cinema e terrorismo: un repertorio storico, a futura memoria (Terza parte)". CineCriticaWeb.