In 1945, at the huts above Porzûs, a hundred partisans from the Garibaldi Brigade and the Gap massacred about twenty partisans from Osoppo. They were commanded by Geko, who later went around saying that the group was accused of treason and collusion with the fascists, all to avoid consequences. But at the end of the war, Storno, who had escaped the massacre, sentenced Geko and his men to life imprisonment in absentia.
Acting
Moschin's Geko: cowardice so convincing you'll want to shake him.
Direction
Martinelli made a courtroom thriller without a single trial scene.
Director
Renzo Martinelli
Lorenzo Crespi
Geko giovane
Gastone Moschin
Geko vecchio
Lorenzo Flaherty
Umberto Pautassi "Storno" (da giovane)
Gabriele Ferzetti
Strono vecchio
Giuseppe Cederna
Nullo
Bruno Bilotta
Dinamo
Massimo Bonetti
Gobbo
Giulia Boschi
Ada Zambon
Lino Capolicchio
Galvano
Gianni Cavina
Spaccaossi
Victor Cavallo
Scabbia
Pietro Ghislandi
Faccia-smorta
Paco Reconti
Rapido
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Porzûs massacre was taboo in Italian cinema until the 1990s; Martinelli fought ANPI resistance to make this.
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