Comandamenti per un gangster

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Comandamenti per un gangster
Directed byAlfio Caltabiano
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Alfio Caltabiano
  • Dario Argento
Produced bySalvatore Argento[2]
Starring
CinematographyMilorad Markovic[2]
Edited byEugenio Alabiso[2]
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
  • Triumph Film 67
  • Prodi Cinematografica
  • Avala Film[2]
Distributed byD.C.I.
Release dates
  • 22 May 1968 (1968-05-22) (Italy)
  • 1968 (1968) (Yugoslavia)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • Yugoslavia[1]
Box office106.073 million

Comandamenti per un gangster (Commandments for a Gangster) is a 1968 gangster film directed by Alfio Caltabiano

Production

[edit]

Comandamenti per un gangster was Alfio Caltabiano's second film as a director.[1] It was co-written by film critic and future director Dario Argento.[1] The films script showcases several traits that would later become part of Argento's directorial career.[1] This includes an unseen murderer with black gloves, shots from a murderer's point of view and having the murderer being identified by a physical detail, a scar on his face.[1] The film was shot on location in Yugoslavia.[1]

Release

[edit]

Comandamenti per un gangster was released in Italy on 22 May 1968 where it was distributed by D.C.I.[1] It grossed a total of 106.073 million Italian lire on its release.[1] It was released in Yugoslavia as Poslednji obracun in 1968.[1]

Reception

[edit]

In a contemporary review, Pietro Bianchi wrote in Il Giorno that the film was "a skillful attempt at applying the Western formula to the Gangster movie trappings"[1][3]

See also

[edit]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2013, p. 18.
  2. ^ a b c d Curti 2013, p. 17.
  3. ^ Curti 2013, p. 19.

References

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