Bloody Friday (film)
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German | Blutiger Freitag |
Directed by | Rolf Olsen |
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Cinematography | Franz X. Lederle[1] |
Edited by | Amedeo Giomini Eva Zeyn[1] |
Music by | Francesco De Masi[1] |
Production companies | Lisa Film Cineproduzioni Daunia 70[1] |
Distributed by | Gloria Film (Germany) Alpherat (Italy)[2] |
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Running time | 97 minutes[2] |
Countries | West Germany Italy[1] |
Bloody Friday (German: Blutiger Freitag) is a 1972 crime film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Raimund Harmstorf, Amadeus August, and Gianni Macchia.[3]
It was shot on location in Munich and other parts of Bavaria.[citation needed]
Plot
After escaping from a courtroom during his trial, a major criminal plans the biggest bank robbery ever to have taken place in the country.
Main cast
- Raimund Harmstorf as Heinz Klett
- Amadeus August as Christian Hofbauer
- Gianni Macchia as Luigi Belloni
- Christine Böhm as Heidi Hofbauer
- Ernst H. Hilbich as Ernst Pylobar
- Gila von Weitershausen as Marion Lotzmann
- Daniela Giordano as Dagmar Neuss
- Walter Buschhoff as Walter Lotzmann
- Renate Roland as Helga Radtke
- Horst Naumann as Dr. Mayer-Lippe
- Totò Mignone as Franz Muhl
- E. O. Fuhrmann as Prosecutor
- Ursula Erber as Irmgard Zukunft
- Werner Heyking as Dr. Eminger
Production
Fernando Di Leo revised the screenplay of the film and is uncredited in the film's credits.[1]
Release
Bloody Friday was released in West Germany where it was distributed by Gloria Film on 8 May 1972.[2] It was distributed in Italy by Alpherat on 6 February 1973 under the title Violenza contro violenza.[1] The film grossed 135,195,000 Italian lire on its theatrical release in Italy.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0786469765.
- ^ a b c "Blutiger Freitag" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Mayer, Geoffrey (2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-8108-6769-7.
External links
- Bloody Friday at IMDb
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