The gangster academy

Movie
German title	The gangster academy
Original title	La banda del trucido
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	1977
length	99 (German version 87) minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Stelvio Massi
script	Dardano Sacchetti Elia Livia Briganti Stelvio Massi
production	Gianfranco Couyoumdjian
music	Bruno Canfora
camera	Franco Delli Colli
cut	Mauro Bonanni
occupation
Luc Merenda : Commissioner Ghini Elio Zamuto : Belli Katia Christine : Carmen, Ghini's fiancée Franco Citti : Lanza Tomás Milián : Sergio Maraschi, called "Monezza" Corrado Solari : Chica, Monezza's helper Imma Piro : Agnese Rinaldi Aldo Barberito : journalist Francesco D'Adda : Murdered Jeweler Marco Bonetti : pinball player Franco Balducci : Nino Salvatore Billa : Minone, a robber Massimo Vanni : Ranocchio Nicoletta Piersanti : Maria Ciacci Fortunato Arena : taxi driver

The Gangster Academy (original title: La banda del trucido ) is an Italian crime film from 1977. The film directed by Stelvio Massi was premiered in German on March 8, 1985, with several minutes shortened.

action

Commissioner Ghini has taken over the robbery department from his murdered predecessor Taddei, whose murderer Lanza he is trying to put behind bars. Then the Sicilian Belli plans the attack on two jewelers and gets in contact with the Roman underworld legend Monnezza - who runs a bar and rejects violence as an old-school pickpocket - in order to recruit a driver for de Coup, the young Ranocchia. After Lanza is killed by Belli, the attack only succeeds the second time, but at the cost of a massacre. Belli kills Ranocchia in pursuit; then he goes in search of Belli, who Monnezza is also after. The separate actions lead to the common goal. Ghini can kill Belli; Monnezza donated the proceeds from the robbery partly to Ranocchia's wife and partly to his friends.

criticism

The lexicon of international film said it was a “confused, extremely moderately staged crime film with some superfluous hardship that propagated controversial police methods.” The Segnalazioni Cinematografiche noted that the film was trying to deviate from the usual scheme by having two “executioners” - Present characters, one of which (Monnezza) is clearly laid out comedic. Overall, the film seems like a homage to the good old thieves, in contrast to the new tough criminals.

Remarks

Milian improvised Monezza's dialogues.

A single with two titles was released for the film (Variety VF 5801).

Web links

• The gangsters Academy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The film at comingsoon.it
• Notes on the German dubbed version

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry in the Archivio del cinema italiano
2. ↑ The Gangster Academy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Segnalazioni Cinematografiche, Vol. 83, 1977
4. ^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari: Dizionario del Cinema italiano. I film dal 1970 al 1979. Vol. 4, tomo 1, AL. Rom, Gremese, 1996, p. 94