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| Directed by | Elio Petri |
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| Produced by | Claudio Mancini[1] |
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| Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller[1] |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni[1] |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone[1] |
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| Distributed by | Titanus |
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Running time | 125 minutes[1] |
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Property Is No Longer a Theft (Italian: La proprietà non è più un furto) is a 1973 comedy film directed by Elio Petri. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Plot
Total, a young bank cashier, sees his life, with its grey, dismal prospects, as disappointing. He envies the wealth of many of his clients, often accumulated though criminal or corrupt activities.
After surviving an armed robbery, he decides to start a new life, as a thief. Resigning from his job, he begins discreetly with small robberies in supermarkets, progressing to larger frauds, including of a former client, a butcher.
He enjoys the new clothes, new cars and new women but his neuroticism and social conscience pose problems.
Cast
- Ugo Tognazzi as The Butcher
- Flavio Bucci as Total
- Daria Nicolodi as Anita
- Salvo Randone as Total's father
- Mario Scaccia as Albertone
- Julien Guiomar as Bank director
- Jacques Herlin as Bank employee
- Gigi Proietti as Paco
- Orazio Orlando as Pirelli
- Ettore Garofolo as Bocio
- Gino Milli as Zaganè
- Cecilia Polizzi as Mafalda
- Luigi Antonio Guerra
- Ada Pometti
Release
Property is No Longer a Theft was released on July 1, 1973. It was distributed by Titanus.[1]
References
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2021). Eltio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476642834.
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