The Facts of Murder (1959)
- Original title
- Un maledetto imbroglio
- Directed by
- Pietro Germi
- Genre
- heist film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 67 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A police detective investigates a murder and a theft in a Roman apartment building during the 1950s. He navigates a web of suspects and alibis among the residents to solve the case.
suspensefulgrittydeliberateintricatetensenoirishmethodical
What happens
The Facts of Murder (Italian: Un maledetto imbroglio) is a 1959 Italian crime mystery film directed by and starring Pietro Germi with Claudia Cardinale. The film is based on the 1957 novel That Awful Mess on Via Merulana by Carlo Emilio Gadda. The sets were designed by the art director Carlo Egidi. It was restored and re-released in 1999 both in Italy and the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Web of Passion (1959)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.