Il sasso in bocca (1970)
The "stone in the mouth" is the scar that the mafia makes on betrayal's corpse. The modern mafia has the historical and sociological roots into the birth of the american capitalism at the time of Roosevelt. The American "Cosa Nostra" applies the similar methods as the sicilian mafia: same apparatus, same "omertĂ ", same power and same terror. Giuseppe Ferrara, journalist and writer, uses fragments footage, film clips, and current news to make this film.
Director: Giuseppe Ferrara
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Giuseppe di Bella as Calcedonio Di Pisa |
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Accursio Di Leo as Michele Navarra |
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Franca Sciutto as |
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Bill Vanders as |
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Vito ZappalĂ as |
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Carlo Delle Piane as (uncredited) |
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Achille Millo as Narrator (voice) |
| Camera | Luigi Quattrini | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Giuseppe Ferrara | Editor |
| Camera | Renato Tafuri | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Writing | Giuseppe Ferrara | Writer |
| Writing | Michele Pantaleone | Writer |
| Directing | Accursio Di Leo | Co-Director |
| Editing | Franco Arcalli | Supervising Editor |
| Production | Enzo Silvestri | Line Producer |
| Sound | Vittorio Gelmetti | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Roberto Cuomo | Line Producer |
| Directing | Gino Lo Re | Co-Director |
| Production | Gigi Martello | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosanna Andreoni | Costume Design |
| Art | Gianfranco Ramacci | Production Design |
| Directing | Giuseppe Ferrara | Director |