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The Iron Prefect / Il Prefetto di Ferro (1977)

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The Iron Prefect / Il Prefetto di Ferro (1977)

The Iron Prefect / Il Prefetto di Ferro (1977)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 2.40:1 | 720x576 | 7100 kbps | 7.2Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: Italian, English (custom)
01:50:00 | Italy | Crime, Drama, History, Thriller

The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it.

Director: Pasquale Squitieri
Cast: Giuliano Gemma, Claudia Cardinale, Stefano Satta Flores, Massimo Mollica, Rossella Rusconi, Rik Battaglia, Lina Sastri, Enzo Fisichella, Salvatore Billa, Benito Artesi, Gianni Anzellotti, Loris Bazzocchi, Giulio Donnini, Vespasiano D'Amico, Mario Granato, Franco Fantasia, Marcello Filotico, Enzo Fiermonte, Pietro Fumelli, Luigi Montini, Paul Muller, Enrico Maisto, Antonio Orlando, Vittorio Duse, Dino Mele, Francisco Rabal, Sergio Fiorentini, Angelo Boscariol, Lina Franchi, Salamon Amedeo

The Iron Prefect / Il Prefetto di Ferro (1977)

The Iron Prefect / Il Prefetto di Ferro (1977)


The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man (Giuliano Gemma) has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it. Indeed, on occasion he finds it necessary to gun down a fleeing felon himself. As he closes in on the true extent of local corruption, and its connections elsewhere, he is promoted to a higher position in the fascist government so that the local mafia head can replace him as governor.

This is not a movie depicting the new Italian kingdom in the 19th century , it`s an absolutely true story about the struggle against the Sicilian Mafia. In 1925 Mussolini, who came to power 3 years ago, sent Cesare Mori (1872-1942) to Sicily, as a police prefect, with the task of whiping the Mafia out.The Fascist regime was concerned about its power and influence, so the following 4 years entered the history as the time of the "Iron Prefect", who arrested and convicted over 2 000 mafiosi. His brave struggle ended in 1929, when he was dismissed and appointed senator in Rome, mainly because he attacked high-ranking Fascist officials, who were deeply involved with the Mafia. They proved to be too powerful to struggle against and Mori lost the war after winning so many battles (including the conviction of don Vito Cascio Ferro, the first known Capo di tutti Cappi) (IMDb)

Extras:
- 30 minute featurette - interviews with Gemma & Squitieri (no subs)
- Trailer

IMDb

The Iron Prefect / Il Prefetto di Ferro (1977)

The Iron Prefect / Il Prefetto di Ferro (1977)


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