A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
July 26, 1972
Original Title:
Il potere
Genres:
Comedy | History
Production Companies:
Aquarius Audiovisual
Production Countries:
Italy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 86
Titled Power, Tretti's sophomore film was a sort of Mel Brooks' History of the World, in which Tretti explored the history of mankind from one precise point of view: how the powerful ruled over the weak. A man confused as the God of Fire in prehistory; Jesus and Muhammad deciding who must eat what and when because of a power no one has seen; Tiberius Gracchus killed by the senate because he was fighting for the people. Tretti had a bullet for everyone. He loved to unmask those who claimed to be on the side of the less fortunate, showing the three powers - military, commercial and agricultural - sitting on three thrones and chatting on how they can suck life out of men and keep power tight in their hands.
Director:
Augusto Tretti
Director of Photography:
Ubaldo Marelli
Editor:
Giancarlo Raineri
Original Music Composer:
Eugenia Manzoni Tretti
Producer:
Mario Fattori
Federico Pantanella
Writer:
Augusto Tretti
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