Italy's mafia
Television broadcast | |
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Original title | Italy's mafia |
Country of production | Germany |
year | 2017 |
Production company |
AB Productions, Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction |
length | approx. 44 minutes |
Episodes | 3 ( list ) |
genre |
Drama , crime thriller |
First broadcast | December 9, 2017 on ZDF |
Italy's Mafia is a 3-part German docu-drama series by the TV program ZDFinfo about the Cosa Nostra and the 'Ndrangheta .
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The documentary series offers an insight into the structures of Mafia organizations in southern Italy .
Episode list
No. | Original title | Summary | First broadcast D |
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1 | Godparents in court | Topics include the former denial of organized crime by the Sicilian Cosa Nostra , the second major mafia war that was triggered by the Corleonesi , the work of the Italian anti-mafia pool by Rocco Chinnici , the betrayal by Tommaso Buscetta , the notorious Maxi trial that subsequent terror by Salvatore "Totò" Riina and the killings of Cesare Terranova , Salvatore Lima , Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino . | December 9, 2017 |
2 | The women of the Cosa Nostra | Topics include widows of Mafiosi demanding vendetta , the rule of Salvatore "Totò" Riina, Riina's wife Ninetta Bagarella and her life in the structures of the Mafia, the informant Rita Atria from Partanna and the internal conflicts between two Mafia clans there, Vito Vitale from Partinico and his sister Giuseppa "Giusy" Vitale who inevitably took on a role as the first female unofficial clan chief after their brothers were imprisoned. | December 9, 2017 |
3 | The Ndrangheta clan | Topics include the rise of the 'Ndrangheta to the supposedly most powerful Mafia organization in the world, its initial income from kidnappings and ransom demands, the later influence in the drug trade, the blood ties as well as the structure and hierarchy of the organization, underground tunnel systems built by the' Ndrangheta and Bunker, the Mafia stronghold called Rosarno , the betrayal by the informant Giuseppina "Giusy" Pesce. | December 9, 2017 |