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Blood and Diamonds

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Blood and Diamonds
Directed byFernando Di Leo
Screenplay byFernando Di Leo[1]
Story byFernando Di Leo[1]
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoberto Gerardi[1]
Edited byAmedeo Giomini[1]
Music byLuis Enriquez Bacalov[1]
Production
company
Teleuropa International Film[1]
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 17 March 1978 (1978-03-17) (Italy)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]
Box office259,502 million

Blood and Diamonds (Italian: Diamanti sporchi di sangue) is a 1978 Italian noir-poliziottesco film directed by Fernando di Leo.

Cast

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Production

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The original title for the film was Roma calibro 9 (lit.'Rome caliber 9').[1] The film is very similar to Di Leo's earlier film Caliber 9, with Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti describing it as "a reversal of Caliber 9" with the relationships in the film being contrary to each other.[1]

The cast initially intended to include Franco Gasparri, fresh from the success of the Mark il poliziotto film series, in the main role of Guido Mauri.[2]

Release

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Blood and Diamonds premiered in Rome on 17 March 1978.[3] The film was distributed by Titanus in Italy, the day after the kidnapping of Aldo Moro which led to the film grossing only 259,502,900 Italian lira.[1][3]

Legacy

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Part of Luis Bacalov's score was recycled by Bruno Mattei for Hell of the Living Dead (1980).[4]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Curti 2013, p. 237.
  2. ^ Vari. Calibro 9. Il cinema di Fernando di Leo. Nocturno, 2004.
  3. ^ a b Curti 2013, p. 238.
  4. ^ "Virus (Apocalipsis canibal)". Quartet Records. Retrieved 2024-05-22.

References

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  • Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
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