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Overview

User Rating:
8.3/10   3,976 votes
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Director:
Luchino Visconti
Writers:
Luchino Visconti (scenario) &
Suso Cecchi d'Amico (story) ...
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Release Date:
26 June 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. The fifth son... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 8 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Featured Article: Classic Italian Film
 (From Screenrush. 9 November 2009, 4:45 PM, PST)

Birthday Suits: Immortal Beloveds
 (From FilmExperience. 8 November 2009, 6:27 AM, PST)

User Comments:
A GREAT FILM from ITALY (1960) more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Alain Delon ... Rocco Parondi
Renato Salvatori ... Simone Parondi
Annie Girardot ... Nadia
Katina Paxinou ... Rosaria Parondi
Alessandra Panaro ... Ciro's Fiancee
Spiros Focás ... Vincenzo Parondi (as Spiros Focas)
Max Cartier ... Ciro Parondi
Corrado Pani ... Ivo
Rocco Vidolazzi ... Luca Parondi
Claudia Mori ... Laundrey Worker
Adriana Asti ... Laundrey Worker
Enzo Fiermonte ... Boxer
Nino Castelnuovo ... Nino Rossi
Rosario Borelli ... Un biscazziere
Renato Terra ... Alfredo, Ginetta's brother
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Rocco and His Brothers (UK) (USA)
Rocco et ses frères (France)
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Runtime:
Spain:168 min (DVD edition) | Italy:177 min
Country:
Italy | France
Language:
Italian
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1962) | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1985) | Italy:VM14 (restored version) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | West Germany:18 (w) | UK:15 (video rating) (1991) | UK:X (original rating)
Company:
Titanus more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The 13 onscreen stabbings in the European cut of the film were whittled down to just 3 for the American version. more
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Referenced in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
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25 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
A GREAT FILM from ITALY (1960), 23 February 2002
10/10
Author: olddiscs from Fords, NJ

This is a great Italian film directed by Visconti, which somehow escaped me until tonite 2/22/02.. I had heard about it and the praise it received at that time, (1960) but just never got to see it. I was seeing Foreign films at that time, I remember seeing La Dolce Vita, The Virgin Spring, and Hiroshima Mon Amour at our local foreign movie theatre in Essex County , The Ormont in East Orange.. long gone.. but missed this. Well, thanks to TCM, Ive had another sleepless night & have just seen a truly great Italian movie/ or great movie, period!!..What a saga ! what passion, what emotion !! The story of a southern Italian peasant family's journey and relocation to the big city... is just superb film making..The deterioration of the brothers relationship is almost pure GreeK Tragedy (there is a glimmer of hope with the youngest brother)...superbly acted especially by Renato Salvatori, as Simon, the most troubled of all the fratelli, and young, beautiful, Alain Delon as the younger brother Rocco who desperately tries to save his brother from destruction; and Annie Giradot, as Nadia the prostitute who adds to this families woes is just sensational in a role that should have won her all kinds of trophies. It was no mistake that Visconti used Greek Oscar winning actress, Katina Paxinou, in the role of an Italian mother( instead of say, Anna Magnani ?), her performance brings to mind all the heroines of Sophocles & Aesculus... yes tragedy and emotion of epic proportions..played to the nth degree... beautiful cast excellently directed... by Viscont1... thanks to TCM Im catching up on his great movies "SENSO" a few months back and now "Rocco" this is a treat.. also in cast a very young beautiful Claudia Cardinale as Ginetta.. This is film making at its best..dont miss it.. to be seen again and again..

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