The Facts of Murder (Un Maledetto Imbroglio)
Introduced by Alessandro Carrera, University of Houston
A police detective (Pietro Germi) encounters a cross section of Italian society as he investigates two crimes in the same apartment building in Rome. Claudia Cardinale costars as an employee of a neighbor.
Organized by Camilla Cormanni and Paolo Ruggiero, with thanks to Marco Cicala and Germana Ruscio, Cinecittà.
Generous support has been provided by the Vaughn Foundation and Consulate General of Italy in Houston.
Special thanks to our cultural partner Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, Professor Alessandro Carrera from the University of Houston, and Kate MacKay, UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive.
The Facts of Murder (Un Maledetto Imbroglio)
Directed by Pietro Germi
(Italy, 1959, 115 minutes, in Italian with English subtitles)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, Digital