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The Legal Death celebrates the work of the great director Giuliano Montaldo who had the courage to realize a film about the story of Sacco and Vanzetti during the seventies, a time full of social upheavals. A time where the story of two italian anarchists sent to death although they were complete innocents, was disappeared from collective memory.
Fifty years later, Giuliano Montaldo made a film about their incredible story. The title is Sacco e Vanzetti and immediately becomes a worldwide emblem against injustice.
A celebration of cinematic activism and the transformative magic of moving images, The Legal Death is a revelatory documentary about a critical moment in Italian film history. Taking us behind the scenes of Guiliano Montaldo’s 1971 gem, we uncover the gensis of this influential tragedy of injustice.
A celebration of cinematic activism and the transformative magic of moving images, The Legal Death is a revelatory documentary about a critical moment in Italian film history. Taking us behind the scenes of Guiliano Montaldo’s 1971 gem, we uncover the gensis of this influential tragedy of injustice.
In August 23th, 1927 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed by electric chair, becoming martyrs and icons of freedom. Almost fifty years later, in 1971, the Italian director Giuliano Montaldo made a film about their unbelievable story.
The restoration of this movie, in 2017, has been the opportunity to recount, through the documentary The Legal Death, the extraordinary work of Giuliano Montaldo; retracing the motivations of a courageous choice, the entire artistic production path and revealing the background of a film that has become fundamental for the history of Italian cinema and international.
The Legal Death (2018) directed by Silvia Giulietti • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 2018 ‘La morte legale’ Directed by Silvia Giulietti. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases. Rosanna Fratello Giuliano Montaldo Ennio Morricone Vera Pescarolo Luigi Botta Lorenzo Tibaldo. 53 mins More at IMDb TMDb. Sign in to log, rate or review. Share. Ratings.
