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Sacco & Vanzetti

Sacco & Vanzetti

The Murders that shocked the Nation. The Trial that still shakes the World.

19717.62h 5m

Overview

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

Directed by Giuliano Montaldo
Written by Fabrizio Onofri, Mino Roli, Giuliano Montaldo
Produced by Giorgio Papi, Arrigo Colombo
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Top Cast

Gian Maria Volonté

Gian Maria Volonté

Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Riccardo Cucciolla

Riccardo Cucciolla

Nicola Sacco

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Frederick Katzmann

Rosanna Fratello

Rosanna Fratello

Rosa Sacco

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

Judge Webster Thayer

Milo O'Shea

Milo O'Shea

Fred Moore

William Prince

William Prince

William Thompson

Claude Mann

Claude Mann

Eddie

Edward Jewesbury

Edward Jewesbury

Alvan T. Fuller

Armenia Balducci

Armenia Balducci

Virginia Vanzetti

Themes & Keywords

immigrantdeath sentenceanarchistelectric chairtrue crimered scaremiscarriage of justicecourtroom dramaanarchismitalian immigrantpolitical persecution

About Sacco & Vanzetti

Sacco & Vanzetti is a drama, history film released in 1971 exploring themes of immigrant, death sentence, anarchist, electric chair, true crime, red scare. Directed by Giuliano Montaldo, it stars Gian Maria Volonté, Riccardo Cucciolla, Cyril Cusack. Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

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