The Day of the Owl (film)

The Day of the Owl
Film poster
Directed by	Damiano Damiani
Produced by	Luigi Carpentieri Ermanno Donati
Screenplay by	Damiano Damiani Ugo Pirro
Based on	The Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia
Starring	Claudia Cardinale
Music by	Giovanni Fusco
Cinematography	Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by	Nino Baragli
Distributed by	Corona Cinematografica
Release dates	1968
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Day of the Owl (Italian: Il giorno della civetta) (also known as Mafia) is a 1968 Italian mafia crime thriller film directed by Damiano Damiani.^[1]

Inspired by Leonardo Sciascia's novel with same title, it stars Claudia Cardinale and Franco Nero. It was released in USA in 1970. The film was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Cast

• Claudia Cardinale ... Rosa Nicolosi
• Franco Nero ... Captain Bellodi
• Lee J. Cobb ... Don Mariano Arena
• Tano Cimarosa ... Zecchinetta (as Gaetano Cimarosa)
• Nehemiah Persoff ... Pizzuco
• Serge Reggiani ... Parrinieddu
• Ennio Balbo
• Ugo D'Alessio
• Fred Coplan
• Giovanni Pallavicino
• Giuseppe Lauricella
• Vincenzo Falanga
• Laura De Marchi ... Daughter of Don Mariano
• Brizio Montinaro
• Lino Coletta
• Vincenzo Norvese

Releases

Wild East released this under the title "Mafia" on a limited edition R0 NTSC DVD alongside I Am the Law in 2010.

References

1. Rotten Tomatoes
2. "Awards for Il giorno della civetta". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-03-03.

External links

• The Day of the Owl at the Internet Movie Database