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- The name of the book comes from the phrase "excellent cadavers" (cadaveri eccellenti) or "illustrious corpses", used in Italy when referring to high-profile victims of the Mafia such as politicians, judges and police chiefs (as opposed to less public victims claimed by day-to-day Mafia business).
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Illustrious Corpses ( Italian: Cadaveri eccellenti, French: Cadavres exquis) is a 1976 Italian-French thriller film directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Lino Ventura, based on the novel Equal Danger by Leonardo Sciascia (1971). [2] [3]
The name of the book comes from the phrase "excellent cadavers" (cadaveri eccellenti) or "illustrious corpses", used in Italy when referring to high-profile victims of the Mafia such as politicians, judges and police chiefs (as opposed to less public victims claimed by day-to-day Mafia business).
- Alexander Stille
- 1995
Feb 20, 1976 · The title refers to a party game, Cadavres Exquis (Exquisite Corpses) invented by the French Surrealists. Each person in turn would be handed a piece of paper folded accordion fashion so that only one narrow horizontal strip showed at a time.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Francesco Rosi
- 1976-02-20
Cinema icon Lino Ventura (The Sicilian Clan, Razzia Sur La Chnouf) stars as Inspector Rogas, a detective assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a conspiracy that involves the Italian Communist Party.
Jan 1, 1995 · In 1992 Italy was convulsed by two brazen Mafia assassinations of high-ranking officials. The latest "excellent cadavers" were Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the Sicilian magistrates who had been the Cosa Nostra's most implacable enemies.
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- Paperback
Jul 10, 1981 · ''Illustrious Corpses'' (Cadaveri Eccellenti) was shown at the 1976 New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall. Following are excerpts from a review by Vincent Canby in the New York Times of...
An in-depth review of the film Cadaveri eccellenti (1976) directed by Francesco Rosi, featuring Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi
