The Rogues (film)

The Rogues
Italian theatrical release poster by Enzo Sciotti
Directed byMario Monicelli
Written byLeo Benvenuti
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Piero De Bernardi
Mario Monicelli
Produced byGiovanni Di Clemente
StarringGiancarlo Giannini
Enrico Montesano
Vittorio Gassman
Nino Manfredi
Giuliana De Sio
Bernard Blier
CinematographyTonino Nardi
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byLucio Dalla
Mauro Malavasi
Distributed byWarner Bros. Italia (Italy)
Warner Española S.A. (Spain)
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesItaly
Spain
LanguageItalian

I picari, internationally released as The Rogues, is a 1987 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It is freely inspired by the Spanish novels Lazarillo de Tormes and Guzman de Alfarache.[1]

The film was co-produced with Spain, where it was released as Los alegres pícaros.[2]

  1. ^ Leonardo De Franceschi. Lo sguardo eclettico. Marsilio, 2001.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gremese Editore, 1991.