The Mafia (1972)
The business of the Donato family, an Italian-Argentine criminal organization, is a success. They have bought judges, lawyers and even politicians, but after a kidnapping goes wrong, a civil war starts in the Donato crime family. Based on a real event of the Galiffi crime family, a real Italian pro-Fascism mafia that conquered in the 1920's and 1930's the city of Rosario, the Chicago of Latin America.
Director: Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
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Alfredo Alcón as Luciano Pennoa |
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Thelma Biral as Ada Donato |
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José Slavin as Francesco Donato |
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China Zorrilla as Assunta Donato |
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Héctor Alterio as Paulie Paolatti |
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José María Gutiérrez as Manolo, El Gallego |
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Linda Peretz as Hebe |
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Miguel Jordán as Deputy |
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Diego Botto as Marcelo Álvarez |
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Alejandro Marcial as Inspector Hernández |
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Raúl Fraire as Kidnapped |
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Saúl Jarlip as Dino Marchesi |
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Roberto Airaldi as Councilor |
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Jorge Hacker as Otto |
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Mario Luciani as Orestes |
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Luis Orbegozo as Kidnapper #1 (uncredited) |
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Juan Alighieri as Kidnapper #2 (uncredited) |
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Mario Yantorno as Kidnapper #3 (uncredited) |
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Tina Francis as "Gringa" The Polish (uncredited) |
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Noemí Granata as Prostitute (uncredited) |
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Nino Udine as Man in Tunnel (uncredited) |
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Neri Giacometti as Mob Soldier (uncredited) |
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Raúl Fraire as Politician (uncredited) |
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Juan Alighieri as Man in The Ring (uncredited) |
| Directing | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Director |
| Directing | Rodolfo Mórtola | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Leopoldo Torre Nilsson | Writer |
| Writing | Beatriz Guido | Writer |
| Writing | Luis Pico Estrada | Writer |
| Writing | Rodolfo Mórtola | Writer |
| Writing | Javier Torre | Writer |
| Camera | Aníbal Di Salvo | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Osvaldo Bayer | Original Story |
| Writing | José P. Dominiani | Original Story |