Bloody Friday (film)

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Bloody Friday
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German film poster
German Blutiger Freitag
Directed by Rolf Olsen
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Valeria Bonamano
  • Rolf Olsen
  • Fernando Di Leo [1]
Starring
Cinematography Franz X. Lederle [1]
Edited byAmedeo 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]
CountriesWest 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]

Contents

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 every to have taken place in the country.

Main cast

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 51–52. ISBN   0786469765.
  2. 1 2 3 "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.