Property Is No Longer a Theft
1973 Italian–French film
- Elio Petri
- Ugo Pirro
- Elio Petri
- Ugo Pirro
- Ugo Tognazzi
- Flavio Bucci
- Daria Nicolodi
Production
companies
companies
- Quasars Film Company
- Labrador Films
Release date
- 1 July 1973 (1973-07-01) (Italy)[1]
Running time
- Italy
- France
Property Is No Longer a Theft (Italian: La proprietà non è più un furto) is a 1973 Italian-French comedy drama film directed by Elio Petri.[1][2][3]
Plot
Total, a young bank cashier, is allergic to money and feels only contempt for his customers who in his eyes built their wealth on criminal or corrupt activities. After witnessing an armed robbery in his bank, he resigns from his job and turns to theft. He stalks a former client, butcher Macellaio, who for him represents the evils of capitalism, and robs him of his valuables: first Macellaio's butcher knife and hat, then his jewellery, money, car and even his mistress Anita. When Macellaio identifies his pursuer, he tries to pay Total off, but the latter resists and teams up with professional thief Albertone instead. Total continues on his path, the spoliation of other people's property, until he is stopped by Macellaio who kills him in an elevator.
Cast
- Ugo Tognazzi as Macellaio, 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 screened in competition at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.[4]
References
- ^ a b Curti, Roberto (2021). Elio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 9781476680347.
- ^ "La proprietà non è più un furto". Cinematografo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ Lang, Simon (2023). Ästhetik und Politik im Werk des italienischen Filmregisseurs Elio Petri. edition text + kritik. ISBN 9783967078770.
- ^ "Property Is No Longer a Theft". Film Affinity. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
External links
- Property Is No Longer a Theft at IMDb
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Elio Petri filmography
- The Assassin (1961)
- His Days Are Numbered (1962)
- The Teacher from Vigevano (1963)
- High Infidelity (segment "Peccato nel pomeriggio", 1964)
- The 10th Victim (1965)
- We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
- A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
- Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
- The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
- Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)
- Todo modo (1976)
- Good News (1979)
- A Husband for Anna (1953)
- Angels of Darkness (1954)
- Days of Love (1954)
- Sunset in Naples (1955)
- The Wolves (1957)
- The Road a Year Long (1958)
- Train Without a Timetable (1959)
- The Employee (1960)
- Vento del sud (1960)
- La garçonnière (1960)
- I mostri (1963)
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