It explored the tenacious grip of the mafia in sicily hence the title and told the story of one police captains struggle to destroy it. Sandro petraglia, stefano rulli, francesco marcuccimusiche. Sky atlantic is dedicated to madefortelevision movies and quality television. Episode 1 return to sicily is the coming back of several characters to the little town where, years ago, the police commissary cattani was set up and. The music composer was riz ortolani, as per the film credits. All 10 series have been released in australia on dvd by aztec international entertainment, with english subtitles, having. There is not much action but there is a lot of life. Patricia millardet, raoul bova, florinda bolkan, stefan danailov, luigi perelli. The title of this classic mafia thriller says it all, evoking the image of a secret criminal culture extending its tentacles into every layer of society. The title of this muchloved series says it all, evoking the image of a secret criminal cabal extending its tentacles into every layer of society. It seems that only italians may create really impressive and realistic movies about mafia. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles.
With michele placido, patricia millardet, remo girone, simona cavallari. The octopus, referring to the mafia is an italian television drama series about the mafia. The soundtrack was by riz ortolani and later by ennio morricone, who went on to compose music for several sequels. This mafia thriller broke new ground as it explored wars between law enforcement and the criminal network rooted in sicily. Pictures are property of movie companies owner of the respective movies. Ennio morricone, composer, mainartist solisti e orchestre del cinema italiano, mainartist. You may use chrome or firefox firefox 21 running on windows 7, windows 8, windows vista, and. Taking the story back 30 something years to sicily in the 1950s it follows the story of the corrupt banker tano carridi, his childhood, the death of his mother and his education by the grateful baron altamura after tano helps the barons kidnapped son escape. The series was directed by various directors who each worked on different seasons, including damiano damiani first season, florestano vancini second season, luigi perelli from the third to the seventh season and again on the tenth season. A profile of corrado cattani from series 2 of the classic italian mafia thriller the octopusla piovra, featuring commentary from fans. A couple of years have passed since corrado cattani and giulia antinari broke up. Damiano damiani, florestano vancini, luigi perelli e giacomo battiato. The octopus tv series 19842001 the movie database tmdb.