Illustrious Corpses

Illustrious Corpses
Italian film poster
Directed byFrancesco Rosi
Screenplay byTonino Guerra
Lino Jannuzzi
Francesco Rosi
Based onEqual Danger
by Leonardo Sciascia
Produced byAlberto Grimaldi
Starring
CinematographyPasqualino De Santis
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byPiero Piccioni
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Artists Europa
Release dates
  • 12 February 1976 (1976-02-12) (Italy)[1]
  • 26 May 1976 (1976-05-26) (France)[1]
Running time
127 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

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]

In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."[4]

  1. ^ a b Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. p. 179. ISBN 9780786469765.
  2. ^ "Cadaveri eccellenti". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ Canby, Vincent (6 October 1976). "Italy's 'Illustrious Corpses,' Disappointing Film". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.