Sacco and Vanzetti (Sacco e Vanzetti)

Sacco and Vanzetti (Sacco e Vanzetti) (1971)

  • 40% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 97% of users liked it
    (108 ratings)

One of the most notorious American judicial cases of the 20th century is paced and photographed like a spaghetti Western in the Italian Sacco and Vanzetti. There is no denying that Nicola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Gian Maria Volontè) were anarchists. But it is highly… More

PG,
Directed By
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Mar 16, 1971 Wide
UMC Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

    ... the 81-minute film contains a surprising amount of information about the two Italian-born immigrants who were tried, convicted and executed in Boston amid accusations of grave injustice.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    ... an Italian film that elects to play on our best prejudices rather than make a reasonable or eloquent plea for truth.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    ... one of the best.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    The trial was an insult to justice, but this 1971 film -- an Italian-U.S. production -- is an insult to the viewer's intelligence, as heavy-handed and phony as any of the right-wing propaganda of the 50s.

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