Some research shows that even at the time, Sordi's and company's co-option notwithstanding, it was not a great success, alas. Regardless of the literary merits, the director's effort to infuse some complexities in the story and pictorial references, most notably Caravaggio-like shots of characters like the hit-men working for the villain, the film fails miserably al least by modern standards. A number of actors either popular (Walter Chiari) at the time or part of the film establishment (Valentina Cortese, Piera degli Esposti, etc.) were cast in this retro production of a classic Italian novel that all Italian teenager have to endure reading in high school.
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