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Il traditore - Als Kronzeuge gegen die Cosa Nostra

Italien Frankreich Brasilien Deutschland 2018/2019 Spielfilm

The Traitor

Drama based on true events: In the 1960s and 1970s Tommaso Buscetta became a high-ranking member of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. Finally he moves to Brazil, where he establishes a drug-trafficking network. In 1983 he is arrested and extradited to Italy. As the first major mafia boss, he breaks the oath of silence of the Sicilian mafia and cooperates with the authorities. Buscetta becomes the most important key witness in the Maxi trials of the 1980s and 1990s. His testimonies enable hundreds of members of the Cosa Nostra to be convicted in Italy and the USA.

Credits

Director

  • Marco Bellocchio

Screenplay

  • Marco Bellocchio
  • Ludovica Rampoldi
  • Valia Santella
  • Francesco Piccolo

Director of photography

  • Vladan Radovic

Editing

  • Francesca Calvelli

Music

  • Nicola Piovani

Cast

  • Pierfrancesco Favino
    Tommaso Buscetta
  • Maria Fernanda Cândido
    Cristina, Tommasos Frau
  • Fabrizio Ferracane
    Pippo Calò
  • Fausto Russo Alesi
    Giovanni Falcone
  • Luigi Lo Cascio
    Totuccio Contorno
  • Nicola Calì
    Totò Riina
  • Rosario Palazzolo
    Giovanni De Gennaro
  • Filippo Parisi
    Giovanni
  • Giovanni Calcagno
    Tano Badalamenti
  • Bruno Cariello
    Alfonso Giordano

Production company

  • IBC Movie (Bologna)
  • Kavac Film (Rom)
  • RAI Cinema S.p.A. (Rom)

Producer

  • Beppe Caschetto
  • Anastasia Michelagnoli
  • Simone Gattoni

Alle Credits

Director

  • Marco Bellocchio

Co-Autor

  • Francesco La Licata

Screenplay

  • Marco Bellocchio
  • Ludovica Rampoldi
  • Valia Santella
  • Francesco Piccolo

Director of photography

  • Vladan Radovic

Still photography

  • Wolfgang Ennenbach

Lighting design

  • Dennis Krombach

Key grip

  • Malte Kneib

Production design

  • Andrea Castorina
  • Jutta Freyer

Property master

  • Dagmar Wiggenhauser

Stand-by props

  • Sandra Münchenbach

Costume design

  • Daria Calvelli

Editing

  • Francesca Calvelli

Sound

  • Gaetano Carito
  • Adriano Di Lorenzo

Music

  • Nicola Piovani

Cast

  • Pierfrancesco Favino
    Tommaso Buscetta
  • Maria Fernanda Cândido
    Cristina, Tommasos Frau
  • Fabrizio Ferracane
    Pippo Calò
  • Fausto Russo Alesi
    Giovanni Falcone
  • Luigi Lo Cascio
    Totuccio Contorno
  • Nicola Calì
    Totò Riina
  • Rosario Palazzolo
    Giovanni De Gennaro
  • Filippo Parisi
    Giovanni
  • Giovanni Calcagno
    Tano Badalamenti
  • Bruno Cariello
    Alfonso Giordano
  • Alberto Storti
    Franco Coppi, Andreottis Anwalt
  • Vincenzo Pirrotta
    Luciano Liggio
  • Goffredo Bruno
    Stefano Bontate
  • Gabriele Cicirello
    Benedetto, Tommasos Sohn
  • Paride Cicirello
    Antonio, Tommasos Sohn
  • Elia Schilton
    TV Journalist
  • Alessio Praticò
    Giuseppe 'Scarpuzzedda' Greco
  • Pier Giorgio Bellocchio
    Cesare

Production company

  • IBC Movie (Bologna)
  • Kavac Film (Rom)
  • RAI Cinema S.p.A. (Rom)

in co-production with

  • The Match Factory GmbH (Köln)
  • Ad Vitam (Paris)
  • Gullane Entretenimento (São Paulo)
  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Mainz)

in association with

  • Arte France Cinéma (Issy-les-Moulineaux)

Producer

  • Beppe Caschetto
  • Anastasia Michelagnoli
  • Simone Gattoni

Co-Producer

  • Caio Gullane
  • Fabiano Gullane
  • Viola Fügen
  • Michael Weber
  • Michel Merkt
  • Alexandra Henochsberg
  • Grégory Gajos
  • Arthur Hallereau
  • Pierre Francois Piet

Unit production manager

  • Sebastian Fröhlich

Location manager

  • Jan Beek

Original distributor

  • Pandora Film GmbH & Co. Verleih KG (Aschaffenburg)

Funding

  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)

Shoot

    • 17.09.2018 - 06.12.2018: Italien, Brasilien und Deutschland
Duration:
153 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.01.2020, 196938, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (FR): Mai 2019, Cannes, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 03.07.2019, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 13.08.2020

Titles

Additional titles
  • Weiterer Titel (ENG) The Traitor
  • Originaltitel (DE) Il traditore - Als Kronzeuge gegen die Cosa Nostra
  • Originaltitel (IT) Il traditore
  • Weiterer Titel (DE) Der Verräter

Versions

Original

Duration:
153 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,85
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Ton
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 22.01.2020, 196938, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (FR): Mai 2019, Cannes, IFF;
Erstaufführung (DE): 03.07.2019, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 13.08.2020

Source-URL: https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/il-traditore-als-kronzeuge-gegen-die-cosa-nostra_d52734b7bc184bd9bd5239358775b114