Blood and Diamonds

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Blood and Diamonds
Diamanti-sporchi-di-sangue-italian-movie-poster-md.jpg
Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Screenplay byFernando Di Leo [1]
Story byFernando Di Leo [1]
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Roberto Gerardi [1]
Edited byAmedeo Giomini [1]
Music by Luis Enriquez Bacalov [1]
Production
company
Teleuropa International Film [1]
Distributed by Titanus
Release date
  • 17 March 1978 (1978-03-17)(Italy)
Running time
102 minutes [1]
CountryItaly [1]
Box office ₤259,502 million

Blood and Diamonds (Italian : Diamanti sporchi di sangue) is a 1978 Italian noir-poliziottesco film directed by Fernando di Leo.

Contents

Cast

Production

The original title for the film was Roma calibro 9 (lit. 'Rome caliber 9'). [1] The film is very similar to Di Leo's earlier film Caliber 9 , with Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti describing it as "a reversal of Caliber 9" with the relationships in the film being contrary to each other. [1]

The cast initially intended to include Franco Gasparri, fresh from the success of the Mark il poliziotto film series, in the main role of Guido Mauri. [2]

Release

Blood and Diamonds premiered in Rome on 17 March 1978. [3] The film was distributed by Titanus in Italy, the day after the kidnapping of Aldo Moro which led to the film grossing only 259,502,900 Italian lira. [1] [3]

Legacy

Part of Luis Bacalov's score was recycled by Bruno Mattei for Hell of the Living Dead (1980). [4]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Curti 2013, p. 237.
  2. ↑ Vari. Calibro 9. Il cinema di Fernando di Leo. Nocturno, 2004.
  3. 1 2 Curti 2013, p. 238.
  4. ↑ "Virus (Apocalipsis canibal)". Quartet Records. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

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References

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


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