The Facts of Murder (film)

The Facts of Murder
Directed byPietro Germi
Written byEnnio De Concini
Based onThat Awful Mess on Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda
Produced byGiuseppe Amato
Mario Silvestri
StarringPietro Germi
Claudia Cardinale
Franco Fabrizi
CinematographyLeonida Barboni
Edited byRoberto Cinquini
Music byCarlo Rustichelli
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Riama Film
Distributed byCineriz
Release date
  • 11 November 1959 (1959-11-11)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Facts of Murder (Italian: Un maledetto imbroglio) is a 1959 Italian crime mystery film directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale.[1] The film is based on the 1957 novel That Awful Mess on Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda. The sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi.

It was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the United States.

  1. ^ Moliterno p.150-51