Il ladrone

Il ladrone
(The Good Thief)
Directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
Produced by Fulvio Lucisano
Written by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Ottavo Jemma
Starring Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Claudio Cassinelli
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography Giancarlo Ferrando
Edited by Alberto Gallitti
Distributed by IIF - Fulvio Lucisano
Release dates
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
112 min
154 min (director's cut)
Country Italy
Language Italian

Il ladrone (internationally released as The Good Thief and The Thief) is a 1980 Italian comedy film written and directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile.[1]

For his performance in this film and in Aragosta a colazione, Enrico Montesano was awarded with a Special David di Donatello.[2]

Plot

In Palestine the thief Caleb deceives his victims with fake miracles, and the man gets very upset when he learns that a young man by the name of Christ, the Messiah, performs real miracles, healing people and raising the dead. Caleb joins forces with Judah to prosecute Christ, so that he can go back to fool people with hiss trades. But Caleb is also jailed by the Romans and accused by the Jews. He will die along with the Messiah, repented of his actions and of his jealousy.

Cast

References

  1. "Il ladrone buono, dal Vangelo alla commedia". La Stampa. 10 February 1980.
  2. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.

External links

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