Wake Up and Die | |
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Directed by | Carlo Lizzani |
Screenplay by | Ugo Pirro |
Story by | Ugo Pirro Carlo Lizzani |
Produced by | Joseph Fryd Carlo Lizzani |
Starring | Robert Hoffmann Lisa Gastoni Gian Maria Volonté |
Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production companies | Sanson Film Castoro Film Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques |
Distributed by | Titanus Cineriz (Italy) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (International) |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Countries | Italy France |
Language | Italian |
Wake Up and Die (Italian: Svegliati e uccidi), also known as Wake Up and Kill and I Kill for Kicks, is a 1966 Italian crime drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani, based on the real life of Luciano Lutring, an Italian criminal known as "the machine-gun soloist" ("il solista del mitra"). [1]
For this film Lisa Gastoni was awarded with a Silver Ribbon for Best Actress. [2]
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