In the Name of the Italian People

In the Name of the Italian People
Directed by	Dino Risi
Written by	Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli
Produced by	Edmondo Amati
Starring	Ugo Tognazzi Vittorio Gassman
Edited by	Alberto Gallitti
Music by	Carlo Rustichelli
Distributed by	Titanus
Release date	1971 (1971)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

In the Name of the Italian People (Italian: In nome del popolo italiano) is a 1971 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Dino Risi. It represents a reflection about the crisis of the Italian judiciary and the growing phenomenon of corruption.

Plot

Set in Rome and its surroundings, the film tells in a frighteningly realistic, ruthless and grotesque the evil of two powerful men of Italy in the seventies: a Director of illegal buildings (Vittorio Gassman), extremist fascist, and an upright judge, cynical looking in part to the Italian law (Ugo Tognazzi). Both can not stand each other, given the contrasts between the two men in any social, political and philosophical. Everyone hates each other and would like to delete it, but just because of the bad example that the two men give power to the people, many Italians are adversely affected because of cheating and rudeness of the fascist manufacturer and the communist magistrate. The director Dino Risi underlines the misdeeds and the weakness of the Italian people to react accordingly, by focusing on the story of these two men who are each other's opposite of the net.

Cast

• Ugo Tognazzi: Judge Mariano Bonifazi
• Vittorio Gassman: Lorenzo Santenocito
• Yvonne Furneaux: Lavinia Santenocito
• Ely Galleani: Silvana Lazzorini
• Pietro Tordi: Professor Rivaroli
• Simonetta Stefanelli: Giugi Santenocito
• Franco Angrisano: Colombo
• Renato Baldini: Accountant Cerioni
• Checco Durante: Pieronti, the archivist
• Giò Stajano: Floriano Roncherini

External links

• In the Name of the Italian People at IMDb