Mafioso

Mafioso

★ 7.6IMDb Score
Released:1962-10-24
Duration:105 min
Country:Italy
Director:Alberto Lattuada
Actors:Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Carmelo Oliviero, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio
Production:DDL Cinematografica, Compagnia Cinematografica Antonio Cervi

Overview:

When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.

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