L'inchiesta (2006)

Director:

Giulio Base

Writers:

Suso Cecchi d'Amico (story)
Ennio Flaiano (story)
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Release Date:

4 April 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | History | Mystery

Tagline:

The thrilling tale of one man's quest to uncover the mystery of all mysteries. Sent to disprove the resurrection, he discovers faith, love, and a revelation that could shatter the empire.

Plot:

In 35 A.D., a Roman tribune is sent to Palestine to investigate the death and possible resurrection of a certain Jesus from Nasareth.

Plot Keywords:

Christian | Tiberius | Roman | Jerusalem | Pontius Pilate

Cast

Daniele Liotti	...	Tito Valerio Tauro
Dolph Lundgren	...	Brixos
Mónica Cruz	...	Tabitha
Hristo Shopov	...	Pontius Pilate
Christo Jivkov	...	Stefano
Ornella Muti	...	Mary of Magdalene
F. Murray Abraham	...	Nathan
Max von Sydow	...	Tiberius
Anna Kanakis	...	Claudia Procula
Enrico Lo Verso	...	Shimon Peter
Fabrizio Bucci	...	Jesus
Maria Pia Calzone	...	Mary, Mother of Jesus
Vincenzo Bocciarelli	...	Caligola
Roberto Negri	...	Aulus Fuscus
Ciro Esposito	...	Stefano the Disciple
Alessandro Bertolucci	...	Longinus
Miriam Candurro	...	Rachele
Cedric Brelet von Sydow	...	The informer
Fernando Guillén Cuervo	...	Saul of Tarsus
Ubaldo Lo Presti	...	Samuele
Luigi Di Fiore	...	Aceldama
Roberto Pedicini	...	Vulpes
Francesca De Sapio	...	Rebecca
Gaetano Aronica	...	High Priest
Maria Gabriella Barbuti	...	Nathan's House-Servant
Eric Bassanesi	...	Artemiodoro
Massimiliano Buzzanca	...	Macrone
Roberto Celestini	...	Barabbas' Lieutenant
Mico Cundari	...	Augustus
Caterina Gratani	...	Wife of Ambassador
Giacomo Gonnella	...	Barabba
Maria Luisa Montovani	...	Livia
Stefano Meglio	...	Fusco's Lieutenant
Pippo Montalbano	...	Elijah
Emanuela Ponzano	...	Tabitha's Mother
Giovanbattista Rosato	...	Young Slave
Massimo Sarchielli	...	Old Slave
Yanislava Linkova	...	High Priestess
Diana Pavlova	...	Young Woman for Sacrifice
Slavi Slavov	...	Segimerus
Mohamed Hached	...	Manservant
Mohamed Ghorbal	...	Animal Merchant
Mohamed Kouka	...	Doctor
Mohamed Salah Ben Saied	...	Jacob
Naceur Sfar Chaabane	...	Bearded Man
Beji Iyadh	...	Archivist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giuliano Gemma
Giulio Base	...	Lazzaro (uncredited)

Directed by
Giulio Base

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico		story
Ennio Flaiano		story
Valerio Manfredi		treatment
Andrea Porporati		screenplay

Produced by
Carla Capotondi	....	producer
Enrique Cerezo	....	producer
Fulvio Lucisano	....	producer
Paola Lucisano	....	executive producer
Christian Mercuri	....	executive producer
Salvatore Morello	....	executive producer
Gianfranco Pierantoni	....	co-producer
Chiara Telarucci	....	line producer
John Thompson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Andrea Morricone

Cinematography by
Giovanni Galasso

Film Editing by
Alessandro Lucidi

Casting by
Shaila Rubin

Production Design by
Carmelo Agate

Costume Design by
Carlo Poggioli

Makeup Department
Giancarlo Del Brocco	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Carlos Bernases	....	production manager
Franco Casellato	....	post-production supervisor
Sarah Parker	....	post-production supervisor: Nu Image
Simona Vescovi	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Raffaele Androsiglio	....	second assistant director
Victor Bojinov	....	first assistant director: Bulgaria
Denitza Daverova	....	crowd co-ordinator
Hristo Dimitrov	....	second assistant director: Bulgaria
Alexander Kossev	....	third assistant director: Bulgaria
Francesco Sperandeo	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Martin Genchev	....	stand-by props
Orlin Grozdanov	....	property master
Cinzia Milani	....	set dresser
Ivan Ranghelov	....	assistant art director
Nasko Vulev	....	art department coordinator

Sound Department
Luca Anzellotti	....	sound designer
Emilio Bustos	....	boom operator
Andrea Caretti	....	adr editor
Andrea Caretti	....	sound editor
Francesco Cucinelli	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anthony Faust	....	adr mixer
Antonio Pulli	....	sound effects editor

Visual Effects by
Andrea Baracca	....	digital color timing
Michele Benigna	....	digital compositor
Ludovico Bettarello	....	digital artist: Technicolor Rome
Fabrizio Cucinotta	....	scanning and recording operator
Dionisio Greco	....	I/O manager
Claudio Napoli	....	visual effects producer
Gian Luca Rizzo	....	visual effects producer
Marco Ruggieri	....	scanning & recording operator
Giuseppe Squillaci	....	visual effects supervisor: Proxima
Diane Wright	....	titles producer: Steve Wright Digital FX
Steve Wright	....	titles: Steve Wright Digital FX
Fabio Zaveti	....	digital compositor: Proxima

Stunts
Boyan Anev	....	stunts
Georgi Dimitrov	....	stunts
Dian Hristov	....	stunts
Radoslav Ignatov	....	stunts
Danko Jordanov	....	stunts
Trayan Milenov-Troy	....	stunts
Emiliano Novelli	....	co-stunt coordinator
Radoslav Parvanov	....	stunts
Franco Maria Salamon	....	stunt coordinator
Krasimir Simeonov	....	stunts
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunts
Vencislav Stojanov	....	stunts
Teodor Tsolov	....	stunts
Kaloian Vodenicharov	....	assistant stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Emanuele Cipriani	....	electrician
Stanislao Galasso	....	gaffer
Ernesto Natoli	....	camera operator
Giorgio Perluigi	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Sergio Rossi	....	key grip

Casting Department
Michela Forbicioni	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Absi Anis	....	costume department
Serena Fiumi	....	costume supervisor
Rebecca Higginson	....	key set costumer
Adriana Mattiozzi	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Lilli Bonolis	....	assistant editor
Daniele Cipriani	....	final colorist
Michael J. Duthie	....	post-production consultant
Candice Levy	....	post-production coordinator: Nu Image

Music Department
Selena Arizanovic	....	music coordinator
Ashley Miller	....	executive in charge of music

Other crew
Giorgio Antonini	....	sword master
Claudia Cimmino	....	production coordinator
Clara Mancini	....	accountant
Cecilia Muignaini	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Italian International Film
• Enrique Cerezo Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.
• Rai Fiction
• Radiotelevisione Italiana
• Nu Image Films
• Millennium Films
• Eurimages (with the support of)

Distributors

• Millennium Films (2006) (non-USA) (all media)
• Nu Image Films (2006) (non-USA) (all media)
• Italian International Film (2006) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
• FoxFaith (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Regent Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) (2007) (Italy) (TV)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (2008) (USA) (TV)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Proxima (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Proxima  post-production (digital intermediate)
• RaiTrade  soundtrack
• Talent Partners Casting  casting: Bulgaria)

Also Known As:

En busca de la tumba de Cristo (Spain)
The Final Inquiry (USA) (new title)
The Inquiry (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence.

Runtime:

112 min | Italy:190 min (TV version)

Country:

Italy | Spain | USA | Bulgaria

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Spain:13 | Germany:16 (video premiere) | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Bulgaria

Company:

Italian International Film

Trivia:

The location shots were filmed for eight weeks in Tunisia and one week in Bulgaria.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The Roman alphabet consists of capital letters only (no lower case). When Titus writes his letter to the emperor Tiberius he uses a lower case i (with a dot above it). Even the preceding Greek alphabet has the iota without a dot.

Movie Connections:

Remake of L'inchiesta (1986)

Not a remake...

I saw the brilliant original by Damiano Damiani (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093255/) about twenty years ago. This is not a remake. Compared to the original screenplay, the story in this film is a joke in the best tradition of Hollywood, and it utterly does not follow the original plot.

This is a propaganda movie, a failed copy of the masterpiece by Damiano Damiani and a poor attempt to substitute real world values by thin air speculation and candy, pure Hollywood style. Nevertheless the movie has a value of its own, I have never seen Dolf Lundgren in a role like the one he took in this movie, and I could say that Monica Cruz play is not worse than her sister's, not to mention that Monica is somehow prettier than Penelope. It is a shame that Ornella Mutti did not participate in the original by her compatriot Damiano Damiani.