Sacco & Vanzetti (1971 film)
Sacco & Vanzetti (Italian: Sacco e Vanzetti, French: Sacco et Vanzetti) is a 1971 docudrama film written and directed by Giuliano Montaldo, based on the events surrounding the trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two anarchists of Italian origin, who were sentenced to death for murdering a guard and a paymaster during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts.
Sacco & Vanzetti
Fabrizio Onofri
Giuliano Montaldo
Uncredited:
Ottavio Jemma
Giuliano Montaldo
Fabrizio Onofri
Mino Roli
Ennio Morricone (score)
Joan Baez (lyrics)
Unidis
Theatre Le Rex S.A.
Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico (Italy)
Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique (France)
Universal Marion Corporation (US)
- 16 March 1971
121 minutes
Italy
France
The film stars Gian Maria Volonté as Vanzetti, Riccardo Cucciolla as Sacco, Cyril Cusack as prosecutor Frederick G. Katzmann, Geoffrey Keen as presiding justice Webster Thayer, Milo O'Shea as defense attorney Fred Moore, with Rosanna Fratello, William Prince, and Sergio Fantoni. The musical score was composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone with the three-part ballad sung by Joan Baez. The film is mainly shot in colour although it both starts and finishes in black and white, and also includes period black and white newsreels.
The film was an Italian and French co-production, shot on-location in Dublin, Ireland. It was released in separate Italian and English-language versions.
Awards[edit]
In May 1971, Sacco & Vanzetti was a competition entry at the 24th International Film Festival of Cannes where, for his portrayal of Nicola Sacco, Riccardo Cucciolla won the award for Best Actor.[7] Also that year, Rosanna Fratello was awarded Best Young Actress by the Association of Italian Film Journalists for her portrayal of Rosa Sacco (the wife of Nicola Sacco).[8] In 1972, Morricone won from the Association of Italian Film Journalists the Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) prize in the division Best Original Score.