Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

Mar 30, 2012

2h 9m

★ 7.2

Overview

On December 12, 1969, a bomb kills 17 people at the Piazza Fontana national bank in Milan, Italy, marking the beginning of the Years of Lead. Local anarchists are scapegoated for the massacre by police and the media, but a lone prosecutor uncovers a conspiracy of far-right groups, corrupt secret services, and other interests that seek to undermine democracy.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Mystery

History

Production Companies

Cattleya

RAI Cinema

Babe Films

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Cast

Luigi Calabresi

Valerio Mastandrea

Giuseppe Pinelli

Pierfrancesco Favino

Licia Pinelli

Michela Cescon

Gemma Calabresi

Laura Chiatti

Aldo Moro

Fabrizio Gifuni

Ugo Paolillo

Luigi Lo Cascio

Federico Umberto D'Amato

Giorgio Colangeli

Giuseppe Saragat

Omero Antonutti

Marco Nozza

Thomas Trabacchi

Il Professore

Giorgio Tirabassi

Guido Giannettini

Fausto Russo Alesi

Giovanni Ventura

Denis Fasolo

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