Poliziottesco

Poliziottesco is a genre of films from Italy . The term is often used in the plural, Poliziotteschi . Often all Italian films with a police , mafia or gangster connection are described with this term. The classic Poliziottesco is a subspecies of the police film . Such films were made between 1968 and 1982. After that there were hardly any productions that can be counted as part of the genre. The film Das Syndikat by Stefano Vanzina is often mentioned as the first work . It deals with the problem of a police officer who single-handedly fights crime. Typical for the genre are the helplessness and disinterest of the state organs, which force the main heroes to act unauthorized until the transition to vigilante justice. The director Enzo G. Castellari was unable to convince with his technically demanding camera work in films such as Dead Witnesses Sing . Actors such as Maurizio Merli , Franco Nero , Tomás Milián or Fabio Testi became figureheads of the genre.

etymology

Poliziottesco is made up of the Italian noun poliziotto "Policeman" and the modifying suffix -esco .

Well-known directors

• Mario Bianchi
• Alfonso Brescia
• Enzo G. Castellari
• Damiano Damiani
• Umberto Lenzi
• Fernando Di Leo
• Carlo Lizzani
• Stelvio Massi
• Sergio Sollima
• Duccio Tessari

Well-known actors

• Mario Adorf
• Ursula Andress
• Martin Balsam
• Helmut Berger
• Salvatore Billa
• Barbara Bouchet
• Sal Borgese
• Marcel Bozzuffi
• Luciano Catenacci
• Adolfo Celi
• Giovanni Cianfriglia
• George Eastman
• Angelo Infanti
• Adolfo Lastretti
• Luc Merenda
• Maurizio Merli
• Tomás Milián
• Gastone Moschin
• Franco Nero
• Oliver Reed
• Fernando Rey
• John Saxon
• Henry Silva
• Fabio Testi
• Massimo Vanni
• Gian Maria Volonté

Important films

1968

• The Bastard (1968) (OT: I Bastardi) by Duccio Tessari
• The Bandits of Milan (OT: Banditi a Milano) by Carlo Lizzani

1970

• Investigations against a citizen above suspicion (OT: Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) by Elio Petri

1971

• The clan that walled its enemies alive by Damiano Damiani
• Milano caliber 9 (OT: Milano Calibro 9) by Fernando Di Leo

1972

• The Syndicate (OT: La Polizia ringrazia) by Stefano Vanzina

1973

• Deadly hatred (OT: Tony Arzenta) by Duccio Tessari
• Der Teufel is directing (OT: Il Boss) by Fernando Di Leo
• Dead witnesses don't sing (OT: La Polizia incrimina la legge assolve) by Enzo G. Castellari
• The mafia boss (OT: La Mala Ordina) by Fernando Di Leo

1974

• The Revenge of the Godfather (OT: Quelli Che Contano) by Andrea Bianchi
• The berserker (OT: Milano Odia: La Polizia Non Può Sparare) by Umberto Lenzi
• A citizen defends himself (OT: Il Cittadino Si Ribella) by Enzo G. Castellari

1975

• The Destroyer (OT: Il Giustiziere Sfida La Città) by Umberto Lenzi
• Violence rages through the city (OT: Roma Violenta) by Marino Girolami

1976

• Cop Hunter (OT: Italia a mano armata) by Marino Girolami (as Franco Martinelli )
• Racket (OT: Il Grande Racket) by Enzo G. Castellari
• Camorra - A bull cleans up (OT: Napoli Violenta) by Umberto Lenzi

1977

• The rabid one (OT: La belva col mitra) by Sergio Grieco

1978

• Convoy Busters (OT: Un Poliziotto scomodo) by Stelvio Massi
• The toad (OT: La Banda Del Gobbo) by Umberto Lenzi

1980

• The Syndicate of Horror (OT: Luca il Contrabbandiere) by Lucio Fulci

literature

• M. Cholewa, K. Thurau: Terror directs. Terrorverlag, 1999.