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List of films about the Years of Lead (Italy)

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Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Years of Lead (Italy). This list does not include documentaries, short films.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

1960s

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1969 Italy The Wildcat Il gatto selvaggio Andrea Frezza
1969 Italy Mother's Heart Cuore di mamma Salvatore Samperi Drama.

1970s

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1970 Italy Let's Have a Riot Contestazione generale Luigi Zampa Comedy.
1970 Italy Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto Elio Petri Crime, Drama.
1972 Italy
France
Slap the Monster on Page One Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina Marco Bellocchio Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Murder of Milena Sutter
1972 Italy
West Germany
Monaco
Execution Squad La polizia ringrazia Steno Crime, Drama.
1972 Italy Chronicle of a Homicide Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente Mauro Bolognini Crime, Drama.
1973 Italy Life at stake La vita in gioco Gianfranco Mingozzi Drama.
1973 Italy We Want the Colonels Vogliamo i colonnelli Mario Monicelli Comedy. Piano Solo, Golpe Borghese
1973 Italy
France
Dirty Weekend Mordi e fuggi Dino Risi Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller.
1973 Italy The Great Kidnapping La polizia sta a guardare Roberto Infascelli Action, Crime, Thriller.
1974 Italy A normal day of violence Un normale giorno di violenza Giorgio Francesco Rizzini Drama. Antonio Annarumma
1974 Italy
France
Quick trial Processo per direttissima Lucio De Caro Crime, Drama. Giuseppe Pinelli, Italicus Express bombing
1975 Italy Killer Cop La polizia ha le mani legate Luciano Ercoli Action, Crime, Drama. Piazza Fontana bombing
1975 Italy The Left Hand of the Law La polizia interviene: ordine di uccidere Giuseppe Rosati Crime, Drama.
1975 Italy Silent Action La polizia accusa: il Servizio Segreto uccide Sergio Martino Action, Crime, Drama. Golpe Borghese
1976 Italy
France
Illustrious Corpses Cadaveri eccellenti Francesco Rosi Crime, Mystery, Thriller.
1976 Italy San Babila-8 P.M. San Babila ore 20: un delitto inutile Carlo Lizzani Crime, Drama. Murder of Alberto Brasili
1976 Italy Caro Michele Mario Monicelli Comedy, Drama. Based on a novel Caro Michele.
1977 Italy An Average Little Man Un borghese piccolo piccolo Mario Monicelli Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Un borghese piccolo piccolo.
1977 Italy I Am Afraid Io ho paura Damiano Damiani Crime, Drama, Thriller.
1977 Italy Could It Happen Here? Italia: ultimo atto? Massimo Pirri Action.
1977 Italy The... Beautiful Country Il... Belpaese Luciano Salce Comedy, Drama.
1979 Italy
France
Canada
Dear Father Caro papà Dino Risi Drama.

1980s

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1980 Italy To Love the Damned Maledetti vi amerò Marco Tullio Giordana Drama.
1981 Italy The lost party La festa perduta Pier Giuseppe Murgia Drama, Romance.
1981 Italy Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo Bernardo Bertolucci Comedy, Crime, Drama.
1981 Italy
France
Three Brothers Tre fratelli Francesco Rosi Drama. Based on a novel Third son.
1981 Italy The Fall of the Rebel Angels La caduta degli angeli ribelli Marco Tullio Giordana Drama.
1982 Italy
France
Blow to the Heart Colpire al cuore Gianni Amelio Drama.
1984 Italy The boy from Ebalus Il ragazzo di Ebalus Giuseppe Schito Drama.
1985 Italy Secrets Secrets Segreti segreti Giuseppe Bertolucci Drama.
1986 Italy
France
Devil in the Flesh Il diavolo in corpo Marco Bellocchio Drama, Romance. Based on a novel Le Diable au corps.
1986 Italy The Moro Affair Il caso Moro Giuseppe Ferrara Crime, Drama, History. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro
1987 Italy Il grande Blek Giuseppe Piccioni Drama.
1988 Italy The Invisible Ones Gli invisibili Pasquale Squitieri Drama. Based on a novel Gli invisibili.
1989 Italy Roma-Paris-Barcelona Paolo Grassini
Italo Spinelli
Drama.
1989 Italy About That Strange Girl A proposito di quella strana ragazza Marco Leto Drama, Mystery.

1990s

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1990 Italy A cold May morning Una fredda mattina di maggio Vittorio Sindoni Drama.
1991 United States Year of the Gun John Frankenheimer Action, Romance, Thriller. Based on a novel Year of the Gun. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro
1992 Italy
France
The End Is Known La fine è nota
La fin est connue
Cristina Comencini Thriller. Based on a novel The End Is Known.
1993 Italy The time of return Il tempo del ritorno Lucio Lunerti Drama, Thriller.
1995 Italy
France
Who Killed Pasolini? Pasolini, an Italian Crime Marco Tullio Giordana Crime, Drama. Pier Paolo Pasolini
1995 Italy
France
The Second Time La seconda volta Mimmo Calopresti Drama. Based on an autobiography Colpo alla nuca.
1996 Italy My Generation La mia generazione Wilma Labate Drama.
1997 Italy The Grey Zone Le mani forti Franco Bernini Drama. Piazza della Loggia bombing

2000s

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
2001 Italy Reconciled Riconciliati Rosalía Polizzi Drama.
2002 Italy The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair I banchieri di Dio Giuseppe Ferrara Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller. Clearstream affair
2003 Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
I'm Not Scared Io non ho paura Gabriele Salvatores Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Based on a novel I'm Not Scared.
2003 Italy The Fugitive Il fuggiasco Andrea Manni Drama. Based on an autobiography Il fuggiasco. Massimo Carlotto
2003 Italy The Best of Youth La meglio gioventù Marco Tullio Giordana Drama, Romance.
2003 Italy
United Kingdom
Germany
Five Moons Square Piazza delle Cinque Lune Renzo Martinelli Drama, Thriller. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro
2003 Italy Good Morning, Night Buongiorno, notte Marco Bellocchio Drama. Based on the book Il prigioniero. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro
2004 Italy If it is light it will be beautiful Se sarà luce sarà bellissimo Aurelio Grimaldi Drama. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro
2004 Italy
France
Working Slowly (Radio Alice) Lavorare con lentezza Guido Chiesa Drama. Radio Alice
2005 Italy Contributory negligence Concorso di colpa Claudio Fragasso Thriller.
2005 Italy
France
United Kingdom
Criminal Novel Romanzo Criminale Michele Placido Crime, Drama.
2006 Italy
France
The Goodbye Kiss Arrivederci amore, ciao Michele Soavi Crime, Drama, Thriller. Based on a novel Arrivederci amore, ciao.
2007 Italy Guido who challenged the Red Brigades Guido che sfidò le Brigate Rosse Giuseppe Ferrara Crime, Drama. Guido Rossa
2007 Italy
France
My Brother Is an Only Child Mio fratello è figlio unico Daniele Luchetti Comedy, Crime, Drama, History. Based on a novel Il fasciocomunista.
2009 Italy
Belgium
United Kingdom
France
The Front Line La prima linea Renato De Maria Biography, Crime, Drama. Based on the book Miccia corta. Sergio Segio

2010s

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
2012 Italy
France
Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy Romanzo di una strage Marco Tullio Giordana Crime, Drama, Mystery. Based on the book Il segreto di piazza Fontana. Piazza Fontana bombing
2014 Italy Bologna 2 August... The days of anger Bologna 2 agosto... I giorni della collera Giorgio Molteni
Daniele Santamaria Maurizio
Drama. Bologna massacre
2015 Italy The yellow line La linea gialla Francesco Conversano
Nene Grignaffini
Drama. Bologna massacre
2017 France
Italy
After the War Après la guerre Annarita Zambrano Crime, Drama. Marco Biagi

2020s

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
2020 Italy The Mattarella crime Il delitto Mattarella Aurelio Grimaldi Crime, Drama, History. Piersanti Mattarella
2020 Italy Our father Padrenostro Claudio Noce Drama. Prisco Palumbo
2022 Italy I was at war but I didn't know it Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo Fabio Resinaro Drama. Based on the book Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo. Murder of Pierluigi Torregiani

Television films

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1993 Italy The Dozier case Il caso Dozier Carlo Lizzani Thriller. Kidnapping of James Dozier
2010 Italy The draw Il sorteggio Giacomo Campiotti Drama. Red Brigades

TV Series

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Year Country Main title
(Alternative title)
Original title
(Original script)
Director Subject
1982 Italy Words and blood Parole e sangue Damiano Damiani Crime.
1984 Italy
France
Nucleo zero Carlo Lizzani Drama, Thriller.
2008 Italy Aldo Moro - The president Aldo Moro - Il presidente Gianluca Maria Tavarelli Biography, Drama. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro
2008-10 Italy Criminal Novel – The Series Romanzo criminale – La serie Stefano Sollima Crime, Drama, Thriller.
2014 Italy The broken years Gli anni spezzati Graziano Diana Drama. Luigi Calabresi, Mario Sossi
2022 Italy
France
Exterior Night Esterno notte Marco Bellocchio Crime, Drama, History. Kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro

References

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  1. ^ Uva, Christian (2007). Schermi di piombo. Il terrorismo nel cinema italiano [Lead screens. Terrorism in Italian cinema] (in Italian). Rubbettino. ISBN 978-8849816891.
  2. ^ Musolino, Santina (7 October 2019). "Verso una memoria autocritica: ripensare i racconti e i ricordi degli "anni di piombo"" [Towards a self-critical memory: rethinking the stories and memories of the "years of lead"] (PDF). Democrazia e Sicurezza (in Italian). VIII, n. 4, 2018: 103–143. ISSN 2239-804X.
  3. ^ Hjelde, Bjarne (2018). "Gli anni di piombo, visti attraverso i film. L'effetto della lotta armata e della polarizzazione sul cinema italiano" (PDF). DUO. UNIVERSITETET I OSLO.
  4. ^ "L'Italia degli anni di piombo e della partecipazione come cinema, letteratura e arte hanno raccontato questo decennio" (PDF). Liceo Artistico Pistoia P.Petrocchi.
  5. ^ Hajek, Andrea (24 October 2013). "Lo stragismo sul grande schermo: terrorismo, didattica e le strategie dell'oblio in Italia". Fondazione Bologna University Press.
  6. ^ Olla, Gianni (25 September 2022). "Cinema e terrorismo: un repertorio storico, a futura memoria (Prima parte)". CineCriticaWeb.
  7. ^ Olla, Gianni (2 October 2022). "Cinema e terrorismo: un repertorio storico, a futura memoria (Seconda parte)". CineCriticaWeb.
  8. ^ Olla, Gianni (10 October 2022). "Cinema e terrorismo: un repertorio storico, a futura memoria (Terza parte)". CineCriticaWeb.