Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Luchino Visconti

Writers:

Luchino Visconti (scenario) &
Suso Cecchi d'Amico (story) ...
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Release Date:

26 June 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. The fifth son...

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Passion | Sicily Italy | Milan Italy | High Heels

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 8 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

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
Roger Hanin	...	Morini
Paolo Stoppa	...	Cecchi
Suzy Delair	...	Luisa
Claudia Cardinale	...	Ginetta
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Luigi Basagaluppi	...	(uncredited)
Sauveur Chioca	...	(uncredited)
Bruno Fortilli	...	(uncredited)
Becker Masoero	...	Nadia's Mother (uncredited)
Rocco Mazzola	...	(uncredited)
Felice Musazzi	...	(uncredited)
Eduardo Passarelli	...	(uncredited)
Emilio Rinaldi	...	(uncredited)
Gino Seretti	...	(uncredited)
Franca Valeri	...	Widow (uncredited)

Directed by
Luchino Visconti

Writing credits
Luchino Visconti		scenario &
Suso Cecchi d'Amico		story &
Vasco Pratolini		scenario
Suso Cecchi d'Amico		screenplay and dialogue &
Pasquale Festa Campanile		screenplay and dialogue &
Massimo Franciosa		adaptation & dialogue &
Enrico Medioli		adaptation & dialogue &
Luchino Visconti		adaptation and dialogue
Giovanni Testori		(inspired by an episode from the novel "Il ponte della Ghisolfa")

Produced by
Goffredo Lombardo	....	producer

Original Music by
Nino Rota

Cinematography by
Giuseppe Rotunno

Film Editing by
Mario Serandrei

Production Design by
Mario Garbuglia

Costume Design by
Piero Tosi

Makeup Department
Giuseppe Banchelli	....	makeup artist
Vasco Reggiani	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Giuseppe Bordogni	....	production manager
Luigi Ceccarelli	....	production supervisor
Anna Davini	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jerzy Macc	....	assistant director (as Jerry Macc)
Lucio Orlandini	....	assistant director
Rinaldo Ricci	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ferdinando Giovannoni	....	assistant art director
Pasquale Romano	....	assistant set decorator

Sound Department
Giovanni Rossi	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Nino Cristiani	....	camera operator
Franco Delli Colli	....	camera operator
Silvano Ippoliti	....	camera operator
Osvaldo Massimi	....	assistant camera
Paul Ronald	....	still photographer
Enrico Fontana	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Roberto Gengarelli	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bice Brichetto	....	assistant costume designer

Music Department
Franco Ferrara	....	conductor

Other crew
Albino Cocco	....	script supervisor
Anna Davini	....	production assistant
Romolo Germano	....	production secretary
Mario Licari	....	production secretary
Gianni Bonagura	....	voice dubbing: Roger Hanin (uncredited)
Alida Cappellini	....	voice dubbing: Rocco Vidolazzi (uncredited)
Riccardo Cucciolla	....	voice dubbing: Renato Salvatori (uncredited)
Valentina Fortunato	....	voice dubbing: Annie Girardot (uncredited)
Cesarina Gheraldi	....	voice dubbing: Katina Paxinou (uncredited)
Mario Maldesi	....	dubbing director (uncredited)
Fulvia Mammi	....	voice dubbing: Alessandra Panaro (uncredited)
Achille Millo	....	voice dubbing: Alain Delon (uncredited)
Luisella Visconti	....	voice dubbing: Claudia Cardinale (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Titanus
• Les Films Marceau (co-production)

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1975) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Astor Pictures Corporation (1961) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Kommanditbolaget Mårten Kihlman Ky & Co (1986) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Suomi-Filmi (1962) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Aquarius TV (2001) (Greece) (TV)
• Connoisseur Video (UK) (VHS)
• Cult Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Homescreen (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD) (special edition)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV) (1977) (Finland) (TV)
• Manga Films (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
• Medusa Video (2002) (Italy) (DVD)
• Pan Vision Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
• YLE Teema (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1989) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Titanus  music editing

Also Known As:

Rocco and His Brothers (UK) (USA)
Rocco et ses frères (France)

Runtime:

Spain:168 min (DVD edition) | Italy:177 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (uncut) (1985) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1962) | 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)

Filming Locations:

Bellagio, Como, Lombardia, Italy

Company:

Titanus

Trivia:

Renato Salvatori and Annie Girardot became lovers in real life.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Astérix aux jeux olympiques (2008)

Soundtrack:

Tintarella di luna

WOW! Terrific Epic Scale Family Drama, Visconti's Best!

Now I understand why Visconti regards this classic as his personal favorite!!

Overwhelmingly Terrific! The acting, design, music, cinematography, and especially direction are superb.

This epic, grand, personal, and highly dramatic tale of five brothers and their mother who move from Southern Italy to Milan to change their station in life is filled with wonderful vignettes and powerful set pieces.

The fight between two of the brothers in the slums of the city is one of the most harrowing and touching scenes ever in cinema history. This is the kind of fight which actually means something. When they hit each other you feel it down to the core of your being, not just watching mindless brutality like you would in some brainless movie.

The cast is uniformly good with standouts from Katina Paxinou as the long suffering mother, Annie Girardot as the doomed prostitute who is the catalyst of the story, and especially Alain Delon who is blessed with a cinematic beauty which adds poetry to everyone of his close-ups. The one actor who really surprised me was Renato Salvatori as the violent brother Simone. His gradual and completely believable change from sweet young man to violent brute is incredible to watch.

This film satisfies every true movie lovers dream. To visit a place you don't know, with characters who fascinate you, and are framed in a true CINEMATIC style, that succeeds on every level.

GO SEE THIS MOVIE!! I will add my voice to those who cry out for the DVD release of this true classic.