Murderous Societies - A History of the Mafia
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Murderous Societies - A History of the Mafia |
| Publishing year | 2010/2011 |
| length | 103 minutes |
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| Director | Bernhard Pfletschinger |
| script | Bernhard Pfletschinger |
| production | WDR television |
| music | Matthias Fuchs, Bernhard Pfletschinger |
| camera | Nicola Xella, Frédéric Sapart |
| cut | Frédéric Sapart, Birgit Köstler |
Murderous Societies - A History of the Mafia is a two-part German documentary by Bernhard Pfletschinger with the titles "The Rise of the Mafia" and "The Uncanny Power of the Mafia" .
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The rise of the mafia
Mafia : A word spelled and pronounced the same around the world that everyone immediately associates with Italy. The first film of the two - parter traces the founding myths and the actual history of the origins of the Mafia groups in Sicily ( Cosa Nostra ), in Calabria ( 'Ndrangheta ) and Campania ( Camorra ) since the 18th century and shows with the Mafia historians Enzo Ciconte and Salvatore Savoia draws on her social and cultural roots. The mafia murders in Duisburg in August 2007 are also discussed .
The uncanny power of the mafia
The second part deals with interviews with politicians such as Caterina Chinnici , Salvatore Cusimano Giuseppe Cipriani and Giulio Andreotti , examining magistrates Antonella Consiglio and Domenico Gozzo, and the writers Gian Mauro Costa and Isaia Sales , the great political influence of the Mafia in Italy in the 20th century and also today, through Mafia bosses like Giuseppe Genco "Zi Peppi Jencu" Russo from Mussomeli and Calogero "Don Calò" di Vizzini , who even made it to mayor of Villalba . The author shows the disastrous networking of the Mafia with individual prominent politicians, parties and authorities. He describes the various attempts to contain the Mafia and the ineffectiveness of many efforts. Among other things, the murder attacks on examining magistrates Rocco Chinnici , Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino , as well as the historical Maxi trial, are discussed . The place Corleone and the bosses of the Corleonesi named Michele Navarra , Luciano "Lucianeddu" Liggio , Salvatore "Totò" Riina and Bernardo "Zu Binnu" Provenzano , as well as the former mayor of Palermo named Vito Ciancimino , with connections to the Mafia. The emergence of the American Cosa Nostra and its bosses like Charles “Lucky” Luciano and Vito Genovese with good connections to the Sicilian Cosa Nostra are also an issue.