Who shot Salvatore G.?

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Movie
German title Who shot Salvatore G.?
Original title Salvatore Giuliano
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 1961
length 123 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Francesco Rosi
script Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Enzo Provenzale
Francesco Rosi
Franco Solinas
production Franco Cristaldi
music Piero Piccioni
camera Gianni di Venanzo
cut Mario Serandrei
occupation

Who shot Salvatore G.? (Original title: Salvatore Giuliano ) is a film by Francesco Rosi , shot in Sicily in 1961 . The documentary film deals with the murder of the Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano , the search for the perpetrators and the subsequent court case.

action

The bandit Salvatore Giuliano is found with countless gunshot wounds in a Sicilian backyard. The dead man is still clutching his weapon in his hands. The crime scene is gradually filling up with police officers, journalists and onlookers. It appears that the bandit tried to evade capture by force.

But appearances are deceptive. The film deals with the story of Gaspare Pisciotta, who joined the separatists in Sicily as an ally and friend of Giuliano. The history of Pisciottas gradually brings the viewer closer to Giuliano's surroundings. The events and last events before the death of the bandit are dealt with. It turns out that in addition to Sicily's separatist politicians, the police and the mafia also took advantage of Salvatore Giuliano and that the bandit was not shot in the backyard in self-defense, but poisoned and then shot at the lifeless body. It remains unclear who the perpetrators were and what their motives were.

Gaspare Pisciotta and the rest of the bandits await a trial after Giuliano's death. In addition to numerous crimes, she is also convicted for the murder of Giuliano. The film ends with the convicted Gaspare Pisciotta, who, after being visited by a stranger in prison, was apparently poisoned and carried out of his cell, dying.

background

Rosi avoided reviving the myth of the folk hero. After Giuliano's death, more and more facts about his collaboration with the Mafia came to light and the film is based on these facts. Rosi shot on original locations and with amateur actors who still knew Giuliano personally and who had witnessed the attack on May 1st. Newspaper reports, interviews and testimony were played into the plot of the film. During his research and filming, Rosi received anonymous death threats several times.

Reviews

“The impressive film does not fully explain the complex network of relationships between the bandits, the mafia and their backers, but it makes an artistically and socio-politically significant contribution to a chapter in the troubled history of Sicily. In addition, the film is significant due to its new style of documentary-dramatic reconstruction of reality. "

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Individual evidence

  1. Who shot Salvatore G.? In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used