Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano

1973 · 106 min · IT · R · 6.1 (56 votes)
Dir. Francesco Rosi · Starring Gian Maria Volonté, Edmond O'Brien, Rod Steiger, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Charles Cioffi · Music Piero Piccioni

The real story behind Lucky Luciano, the high priest of crime

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Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.

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A sprawling, operatic crime saga. It feels like watching a historical document unfold, a grim, unflinching look at the rise and fall of a notorious figure. The tone is cynical, steeped in the brutal realities of power and ambition.

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