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THE MACHINE THAT KILLS BAD PEOPLE

by Roberto Rossellini

synopsis

A demon bestows on a self-righteous working photographer's camera the power to smite from the Earth "evil-doers". Naturally, the indignant photographer turns his new weapon on, one by one, his entire village, beginning with the wealthy or illustrious. Soon, the poor he is so supposedly so enamored of become his victims too, so rife with impatience and contempt is he, that the slightest flaw is cause for smiting. Inevitably, he embarks on a task to destroy everyone.

original title: La macchina ammazzacattivi
country: Italy
year: 1952
genre: fiction
directed by: Roberto Rossellini
film run: 80'
release date: IT 14/05/1952, UK 1981, FR 06/10/2011, PT 30/03/2015, ES 04/07/2015
screenplay: Sergio Amidei, Franco Brusati, Liana Ferri, Roberto Rossellini
cast: Marilyn Buferd, William Tubbs, Clara Bindi, Giacomo Furia, Joseph Falletta, Pietro Carloni, Aldo Giuffrè, Carlo Giuffrè
cinematography by: Tino Santoni
film editing: Jolanda Benvenuti
music: Renzo Rossellini
producer: Salvo D'Angelo

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