The Murri Affair

Sep 28, 1974

1h 55m

★ 6.6

A time of rare beauty. A story of desperate love.

Overview

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the dead husband happened to be a member of the Italian nobility, and the trial starts to turn into more of a prosecution of the defendant's socialist politics and the activities of his father, a well known liberal social reformer, than the actual crime itself.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Lira Films

Filmarpa

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Cast

Tullio Murri

Giancarlo Giannini

Linda Murri

Catherine Deneuve

Prof. Murri

Fernando Rey

Rosa Bonetti

Tina Aumont

Giannina Murri

Rina Morelli

Dott. Carlo Secchi

Ettore Manni

Francesco Bonmartini

Paolo Bonacelli

Riccardo Murri

Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Il giornalista

Lino Troisi

Tisa Borghi

Laura Betti

Pio Naldi

Corrado Pani

Giudice Stanzani

Marcel Bozzuffi

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