Sacco and Vanzetti

One of the most notorious American judicial cases of the 20th century is paced and photographed like a spaghetti Western in the Italian Sacco and Vanzetti. There is no denying that Nicola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Gian Maria Volontè) were anarchists. But it is highly ...more

Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco and Vanzetti can be included not only on any list of fine political films of the early '70s, but also on a tally of unintended consequences stemming from the Vietnam War and its attendant social upheavals. The movie presents a one-sided view of the American justice system that is almost certainly accurate for the era depicted, and there was, indeed, a great deal of activism and speechifying associated with the two men's trial and its aftermath, leading up to their ...more