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Massacre in Rome (1973)

Director: George Pan Cosmatos

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From Time Out Film Guide

Rome's Gestapo chief (Burton) and a Catholic priest (Mastroianni) size up over the problem of reprisals during the last days of the Nazi occupation in WWII. Although based on fact, the film invents Mastroianni's character for the dramatic purposes of face-to-face confrontation. The ensuing debate, cumbersome and full of doughty moralising about non-involvement and complicity, results in a hands down victory for Burton's well-modulated vowels over Mastroianni's limited machine-gun English. Cosmatos' cripplingly emphatic direction reveals every creak in the plot and displays no whit of faith in an audience's intelligence.

Author: CPe 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out Film Guide

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  • krishnan said...
    Posted on Aug 31 2009 10:15 one of the best movie i have everseen- superb
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  • mohan jadhav said...
    Posted on Feb 13 2009 01:35 The best film 'the superb acting by the two legendary actors Rischard Burton and marcello mastr0ianni
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Cast & crew

Director: George Pan Cosmatos

Producer: Carlo Ponti

Cast: Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, Leo McKern, John Steiner, Robert Harris, Delia Boccardo, Peter Vaughan, Anthony Steel full cast

Duration: 104 mins


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