Vajont

Vajont (2001)

Drama

On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock fell down from Mount Toc to the artificial lake formed by the Vajont dam, the higher dam in the world. The landslide formed a 250-meters wave and 50 million cubic meters of water completely destroied all the below towns, killing more than 2000 people. Planned by engineer Semenza, Vajont dam (263 meters) had to carry the electricity in all the houses of the country. Tina Merlin, a journalist from 'L'Unitá', tried for years to denounce the danger to build a dam near the Mount Toc and expecially to denounce all the omissions by the corrupted politicians and workers in charge of the dam construction. They preferred to trust in old geologist Dal Piaz instead to hear engineer Semenza young son's alarming analysis. No one seemed to understand the high danger until that October fatal night.

Director: Renzo Martinelli
Writers: Renzo Martinelli, Pietro Calderoni.

Casts

	Michel Serrault as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
	Daniel Auteuil as Nino Biadene
	Laura Morante as Tina Merlin
	Jorge Perugorría as Olmo Montaner
	Leo Gullotta as Mario Pancini
	Anita Caprioli as Ancilla
	Mauro Corona as Piero Corona
	Philippe Leroy as Giorgio dal Piaz
	Nicola Di Pinto as Francesco Penta
	Massimo Sarchielli as Reverendo
	Jean-Christophe Brétignière as Edoardo Semenza
	Federica Martinelli as Margherita
	Eleonora Martinelli as Giannina
	Maurizio Trombini as Ing. Desidera
	Bruno Bilotta as Remo
	Paco Reconti as Bertolissi
	Antonio Fabbri as Prof. Ghetti
	Maria Cristina Mastrangeli as Elena
	Pietro Ghislandi as Sensidoni
	François Montagut as Aldo Merlin
	Massimo Vanni as Roncacci
	Davide Dal Fiume as Battistini
	Fabio Grossi as Frosini
	Giuseppe Casagrande as Filippin
	Valerio Massimo Manfredi as Presidente della corte
	Roberto Andreucci as Avvocato Merlin

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