Operazione San Pietro (1967)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay)
Adriano Bolzoni (story)

Release Date:

29 December 1967 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Wanted! These four numb-skulls stole a $50,000,000 statue from the Vatican... and sold it for $80.

Plot:

Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Prison Escape | Rome Italy | Gigolo | Car Salesman

Cast

Lando Buzzanca	...	Napoleone
Jean-Claude Brialy	...	Cajella
Edward G. Robinson	...	Joe Ventura
Heinz Rühmann	...	Cardinal Erik Braun
Christine Barclay	...	Marisa
Uta Levka	...	Samantha
Pinuccio Ardia	...	The Baron
Ugo Fangareggi	...	Agonia
Dante Maggio	...	The Captain
Antonella Della Porta	...	Cesira
Wolfgang Kieling	...	Poulain
Herbert Fux	...	Targout (as Herbert Fox)
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Virgilio Gazzolo	...	Schultz - Secretary of Cardinal (as Virginio Gazzolo)
Carlo Pisacane	...	Epimeno - the sacristan
Maria Tedeschi	...	Tourist in Vatican City

Also Known As:

Au diable les anges (France)
Die Abenteuer des Kardinal Braun (West Germany)
Operation St. Peter's

Runtime:

Germany:96 min | USA:100 min

Country:

France | West Germany | Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Sweden:Btl | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Anzio, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Ultra Film

Trivia:

One Night during the Shooting, a then unknown person uninvited entered the Hotel Room of Actress Uta Levka and crawled into her bed. When she turned on the light, she recognized this Person as Director Lucio Fulci who made obvious sexual advances to her. Levka managed to make him leave her room. During the next day, Fulci treated her very badly, often angrily yelling "Cut!" for no reason and insulting her all the time, complaining about her performance in a very offending manner. Eventually, Levka freaked out and, in front of the whole crew, loudly told him to stop his awful behavior, "just because I wouldn't let you stay with me in my bed last night". Fulci stared at her for a long moment and then continued shooting without loosing another word.

MISSHAPEN AND OBNOXIOUS

Misshapen, obnoxious z-grade film about the stealing of the Michelangelo's Pietà in which both Heinz Rühmann and Edward G. Robinson somehow seem to have been mistakingly landed in; one indeed feels pity for them. Apparently this is a kind of sequel to the Father Brown (based on the stories by G.K. Chesterton) films with Rühmann; all those involved should have been excommunicated.