Bloody Friday (film)

Bloody Friday
German film poster
German	Blutiger Freitag
Directed by	Rolf Olsen
Screenplay by	Valeria Bonamano Rolf Olsen Fernando Di Leo [1]
Story by	Valeria Bonamano Rolf Olsen Fernando Di Leo [1]
Starring	Raimund Harmstorf Amadeus August Gianni Macchia
Cinematography	Franz X. Lederle [1]
Edited by	Amedeo Giomini Eva Zeyn [1]
Music by	Francesco De Masi [1]
Production companies	Lisa Film Cineproduzioni Daunia 70 [1]
Distributed by	Gloria Film (Germany) Alpherat (Italy) [2]
Release dates	8 May 1972 (1972-05-08)(West Germany) 6 February 1973 (1973-02-06)(Italy)
Running time	97 minutes [2]
Countries	West Germany Italy [1]

Bloody Friday (German : Blutiger Freitag) is a 1972 crime film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Raimund Harmstorf, Amadeus August, and Gianni Macchia. ^[3]

It was shot on location in Munich and other parts of Bavaria.^{[ citation needed ]}

Plot

After escaping from a courtroom during his trial, a major criminal plans the biggest bank robbery ever to have taken place in the country.

Main cast

• Raimund Harmstorf as Heinz Klett
• Amadeus August as Christian Hofbauer
• Gianni Macchia as Luigi Belloni
• Christine Böhm as Heidi Hofbauer
• Ernst H. Hilbich as Ernst Pylobar
• Gila von Weitershausen as Marion Lotzmann
• Daniela Giordano as Dagmar Neuss
• Walter Buschhoff as Walter Lotzmann
• Renate Roland as Helga Radtke
• Horst Naumann as Dr. Mayer-Lippe
• Totò Mignone as Franz Muhl
• E. O. Fuhrmann as Prosecutor
• Ursula Erber as Irmgard Zukunft
• Werner Heyking as Dr. Eminger

Production

Fernando Di Leo revised the screenplay of the film and is uncredited in the film's credits. ^[1]

Release

Bloody Friday was released in West Germany where it was distributed by Gloria Film on 8 May 1972. ^[2] It was distributed in Italy by Alpherat on 6 February 1973 under the title Violenza contro violenza. ^[1] The film grossed 135,195,000 Italian lire on its theatrical release in Italy. ^[1]

References

1. Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 51–52. ISBN   978-0786469765.
2. "Blutiger Freitag" (in German). Filmportal.de . Retrieved 13 September 2021.
3. Mayer, Geoffrey (2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 169. ISBN   978-0-8108-6769-7.

External links

• Bloody Friday at IMDb