Direction: Elio Petri
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Elio Petri. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 17
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971 · Movie · 125 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Mariangela Melato · Gino Pernice · Salvo Randone
Synopsis Lulu is a real hard worker. For this reason he is loved by the masters and hated by his own colleagues. The unions decide agitations against the masters. Lulu doesn't agree till he cuts, by accident, one of his own...
7.2
1K votes
7.2
1K votes
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970 · Movie · 118 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Florinda Bolkan · Gianni Santuccio · Orazio Orlando
Synopsis A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
7.2
1K votes
7.2
1K votes
I giorni contati
1962 · Movie · 102 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Salvo Randone · Franco Sportelli · Vittorio Caprioli · Regina Bianchi
7.1
95 votes
7.1
95 votes
The Teacher from Vigevano
1963 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Alberto Sordi · Claire Bloom · Anna Carena · Gustavo D'Arpe
6.8
47 votes
6.8
47 votes
Property Is No Longer a Theft
1973 · Movie · 114 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Ugo Tognazzi · Flavio Bucci · Daria Nicolodi · Gigi Proietti
Synopsis A cashier, allergic to money, is so exasperated that he decides that he must mine rich people's private property in order to give a shock to their lives. His main target is a rich butcher (Ugo Tognazzi), but he decides...
6.6
169 votes
6.6
169 votes
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Marcello Mastroianni · Mariangela Melato · Ciccio Ingrassia
Synopsis Don Gaetano (Marcello Mastroianni) is a priest who is supervising a group of Christian Democrats on a religious retreat. The objective is to help these politicians purify their past wrongdoings, no matter how large or small, and live closer to...
6.5
153 votes
6.5
153 votes
The Assassin
1961 · Movie · 105 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Micheline Presle · Cristina Gaioni · Salvo Randone
Synopsis A socialite is murdered and her playboy lover, is brought in for questioning. During his stay in custody we get to see the real sneaky playboy in action via flashback. Is he guilty or just a sleaze?
6.5
178 votes
6.5
178 votes
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967 · Movie · 99 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Irene Papas · Gabriele Ferzetti · Salvo Randone
Synopsis A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.
6.4
193 votes
6.4
193 votes
A Quiet Place in the Country
1969 · Movie · 106 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Franco Nero · Vanessa Redgrave · Georges Géret · Gabriella Grimaldi
Synopsis Nymphomania, necrophilia, fetishism, sadomasochism.
6.0
128 votes
6.0
128 votes
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Giancarlo Giannini · Ángela Molina · Paolo Bonacelli · Aurore Clément
6.0
32 votes
6.0
32 votes
The 10th Victim
1965 · Movie · 92 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Ursula Andress · Elsa Martinelli · Salvo Randone
Synopsis Some people like violence so much, that they decide to create a club in which human hunts are organized - members being alternately hunters, and prey, until they end up dead.
5.7
451 votes
5.7
451 votes
High Infidelity
1964 · Movie · 95 min. · Italy
Direction Mario Monicelli · Elio Petri · Franco Rossi · Luciano Salce
Cast Nino Manfredi · Fulvia Franco · John Phillip Law · Eleanor Beacour
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L'Italia con Togliatti
1964 · Documentary · 38 min. · Italy
Direction Gianni Amico · Giorgio Arlorio · Libero Bizzarri · Carlo Lizzani
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Nudi per vivere
1963 · Documentary · 93 min. · Italy
Direction Giuliano Montaldo · Elio Petri · Giulio Questi
Cast Chet Baker · Nancy Holloway · Patrick Maurandi · Lana Purua
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Nasce un campione (S)
1953 · Documentary · 10 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Corrado Mantoni
Synopsis This short documentary, Elio Petri's directorial debut, deals with the passion of the Italians for cycling. It concentrates on a young deliveryman, who uses the bicycle at all times of his life and dreams of becoming a professional cyclist.
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Dirty Hands (TV)
1978 · Movie · 234 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri
Cast Marcello Mastroianni · Giuliana de Sio · Giovanni Visentin · Massimo Foschi
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Ipotesi sulla morte di Pinelli
1970 · Documentary · 57 min. · Italy
Direction Elio Petri · Nelo Risi
Cast Gian Maria Volonté · Giancarlo Dettori · Luigi Diberti · Renzo Montagnani
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