ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS
by Luchino Visconti Di Modrone
synopsis
The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. The fifth son, Vincenzo, already lives in Milano. In the beginning, the family has a lot of problems, but everyone manages to find something to do. Simone is boxing, Rocco works in a dry cleaners, and Ciro studies. Simone meets Nadia, a prostitute, and they have a stormy affair. Then Rocco, after finishing his military service, begins a relationship with her. A bitter feud ensues between the two brothers, which will lead as far as murder...
international title: | Rocco and His Brothers |
original title: | Rocco e i suoi fratelli |
country: | Italy, France |
year: | 1960 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Luchino Visconti Di Modrone |
film run: | 179' |
release date: | IT 06/09/1960, UK 28/10/1960, FR 10/03/1961, DE 14/04/1961, DK 27/05/1961, SE 10/07/1961, HU 14/09/1961, ES 23/10/1961, PT 17/11/1961, TR 02/1962, FI 18/05/1962, SU 28/05/1962, DD 28/09/1962, RU 20/10/1994, CZ 07/07/2001, GR 06/09/2002, NL 12/03/2009 |
screenplay: | Luchino Visconti Di Modrone, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Enrico Medioli |
cast: | Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot |
cinematography by: | Giuseppe Rotunno |
film editing: | Mario Serandrei |
art director: | Mario Garbuglia |
costumes designer: | Piero Tosi |
producer: | Goffredo Lombardo |