Release Date | 1978-11-19 |
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Runtime | 234 minutes |
Genres | Drama |
Stars | Marcello Mastroianni, Giuliana De Sio, Giovanni Visentin, Pietro Biondi, Omero Antonutti |
Directors | Gianni Lari, Elio Petri, Elio Petri, Jean-Paul Sartre, Nazzareno Marinoni |
The story is set in Illyria, fictional central European country, towards the end of World War II. A young man infiltrates into the house of a left-wing politician as his secretary. By order of the Communist party, the young man has to kill the politician, who is suspected of a strategy of compromise with other parties.