Subject:
In a not too distant future, in a bid to avoid warfare and to channel
human aggressivity, murder is coded in accordance with precise rules.
In New York, Caroline Meredith kills her pursuer in the course of his
ninth hunt. In Rome, Marcello brings down his ninth victim. For the tenth
confrontation, which comes together with an award, the computer selects
Caroline as the hunter and Marcello as the tenth victim.
The hunt begins with a television show for a backdrop. However, Marcello
and Caroline fall for each other and stymie the game.
info
La decima vittima
International title: The 10th Victim (1965)
Director: Elio Petri
Story by: d’apres le roman de Robert Sheckley
The 7th Victim
Screenplay by: Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni, Ennio Flaiano, Elio Petri
Director of Photography: Gianni Di Venanzo (Technicolor-Widescreen)
Cameraman: Pasqualino De Santis
Art Director: Pietro Poletto
Costume Designer: Giulio Coltellacci
Sound: Ennio Sensi, Emilio Rosa
Editing: Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by: Piero Piccioni (“Spiral Waltz” is sung by Mina)
Choreography: Gino Landi
Production: Carlo Ponti for Compagnia Cinematografica Champion ( Rome), Les Films Concordia ( Paris)
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni ( Marcello Polletti), Ursula Andress (Caroline Meredith), Elsa Martinelli ( Olga), Salvo Randone (“the professor”), Massimo Serato ( the lawyer), milo Quesada ( Rudi), Luce Bonifassy ( Lidia), George Wang ( the Chinese Aggressor), Evi Rigano ( a Victim), Walter Williams ( Martin), Richard Armstrong ( Cole), Anita Sanders ( Massager), Mickey knox ( Chet), Antonio Ciani.
Lenght: 90 minutes.