Hands over the City

Hands over the City (Italian: Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post-World War II Italy.^[1] In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[2]

Hands over the City
Film poster for Hands over the City
Directed by	Francesco Rosi
Written by	Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella
Produced by	Lionello Santi
Starring	Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Marcello Cannavale
Cinematography	Gianni Di Venanzo
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	September 1963 (1963-09) (Italy) 17 September 1964 (1964-09-17) (U.S.)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Italy
Languages	Italian Neapolitan

Plot

A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Edoardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), manages to use political power to make personal profit in a large-scale suburban real-estate deal. However, after the collapse of a residential building next to a construction site, the manager of which is his son, the communist councilman De Vita (Carlo Fermariello) initiates an inquiry into Nottola's connection to the accident.

Cast

Rod Steiger in a stillframe from the movie

• Rod Steiger as entrepreneur Edoardo Nottola
• Salvo Randone as De Angeli
• Guido Alberti as Maglione
• Angelo D'Alessandro as Balsamo
• Carlo Fermariello as De Vita
• Marcello Cannavale as Nottola's friend
• Alberto Canocchia as Nottola's friend
• Gaetano Grimaldi Filioli as Nottola's friend
• Dante Di Pinto as the president at the commission of enquiry
• Dany Paris as Maglione's lover
• Alberto Amato as a counsellor
• Franco Rigamonti as a counsellor
• Terenzio Cordova as the inspector
• Vincenzo Metafora as the mayor

Awards

The film won the Golden Lion award at the 1963 Venice Film Festival.