At a Lost Lot (1973)
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German title | At a losing point |
Original title | La polizia è al servizio del cittadino? |
Country of production | Italy , France |
original language | Italian |
Publishing year | 1973 |
length | 98 minutes |
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Director | Romolo Guerrieri |
script |
Massimo De Rita Dino Maiuri |
production | Mario Cecchi Gori |
music | Luis Bacalov |
camera | Carlo Carlini |
cut | Antonio Siciliano |
occupation | |
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On a losing stake (original title: La polizia è al servizio del cittadino?, For example: "The police are in the service of the citizen?") Is an Italian-French crime film from 1973, directed by Romolo Guerrieri . The film was shown for the first time as a television report in the German-speaking area on December 29, 1989; The alternative title is The Last Evidence .
action
A man is hung from a crane in the port of Genoa; Inspector Sironi, living separately and involved in disputes with his son, takes up the investigation and has to let himself be constrained by regulations again and again. He finds a gang that controls prices in the wholesale market, but comes across the law of silence, possible witnesses removed from the way and a corrupt employee, Commissioner Marino.
Despite all adversities, Sironi is able to set a trap by means of intercepted conversations, but when this evidence also disappears from the police headquarters, he decides to act on his own and confronts the engineer who is apparently responsible, Brera. A runaway train helps him with his plan.
criticism
“This work is really brutal. [...] Added to this are the very good photography and the variable music, which is adapted to the respective mood ”, judges“ Karsten Thurau ”in the reference work“ The Terror is Director ”. The Italian Marco Giusti also praised the work of the cameraman. The lexicon of international films expressed less enthusiasm: "Thriller that gets stuck in superficial suspense despite more profound approaches."
Remarks
The soundtrack was released on a split CD.
Web links
- A losing battle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film at comingsoon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Terrorverlag, 1999. p. 18
- ^ Giusti: Genova in Celluloide, 1983
- ↑ Lost. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Luis-Bacalov-Ricatto-Alla-Mala-La-Polizia-E-Al-Servizio-Del-Cittadino-Original-Soundtracks/release/1512984