Sacco & Vanzetti
1971 · Movie · 125 min · ★ 7.7 · 62% critics
In 1920 Boston, two Italian immigrants are accused of murder and pulled into a legal battle shaped by fear, prejudice, and their political beliefs. The story follows their struggle against a system that seems determined to judge them unfairly.
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Details
- Original title
- Sacco e Vanzetti
- Years
- 1971
- Release date
- 1971-03-16
- Language
- Italian
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (212 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to politically charged historical dramas about injustice and social tension, especially if titles like The Mattei Affair or Good Morning, Night appeal to you; Not for you if you want something light or escapist.
Pros: strong sense of injustice; timely political themes; gripping legal conflict | Cons: heavy subject matter; bleak atmosphere; limited levity
Themes
- immigrant
- death sentence
- anarchist
- electric chair
- true crime
- red scare
- miscarriage of justice
- courtroom drama
- anarchism
- italian immigrant
- political persecution
Cast & crew
Gian Maria Volonté
as Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Riccardo Cucciolla
as Nicola Sacco
Cyril Cusack
as Frederick Katzmann
Rosanna Fratello
as Rosa Sacco
Geoffrey Keen
as Judge Webster Thayer
Milo O'Shea
as Fred Moore
William Prince
as William Thompson
Claude Mann
as Eddie
Edward Jewesbury
as Alvan T. Fuller
Armenia Balducci
as Virginia Vanzetti
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo