Elio Petri
Italian filmmaker (1929-1982) · Italy · On the map · Directors · Died at 53
Eraclio Petri, commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film and theatre director, screenwriter and film critic. The Museum of Modern Art described him as "one of the preeminent political and social satirists of 1960s and early 1970s Italian cinema".
Elio Petri is read about 468 times a day, in 29 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Good NewsFilm, Director, Writer1978
Ciné regardsSeries
Dirty HandsSeries, 1978Director, Writer
Reflections on a Political CinemaFilm, 19781973
Property Is No Longer a TheftFilm, Director, Writer1972Palme d'OrAward
Midi trenteSeries, 19721971
The Working Class Goes to HeavenFilm, Director, Writer1970Cannes Film Festival Grand PrixAwardDavid di Donatello for Best FilmAwardFIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de CannesAwardGrand Jury Prize of the Venice Film FestivalAward1968Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best filmAward
A Quiet Place in the CountryFilm, 1968Director, Writer1967Best Screenplay AwardAward1965
The 10th VictimFilm, Director, Writer1964
High InfidelityFilm, Director1962
His Days Are NumberedFilm, Director, Writer1960
Il carro armato dell'8 settembreFilm, Writer1959
Nights of the Teddy BoysFilm, Writer1957
Men and WolvesFilm, Writer1956
Sunset in NaplesFilm, Writer1953
A Husband for AnnaFilm, Writer1929Born29 January 1929People around Elio
Close ties
Marcello Mastroianni Elio directed The 10th Victim and Todo modo
Gian Maria Volonte Elio directed Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Giuseppe De Santis Directed A Husband for Anna and Days of Love
Gianni Puccini Also in A Husband for Anna (1953)- Leopoldo Savona Directed Days of Love and Men and Wolves
Salvo Randone Elio directed Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Ugo Tognazzi Elio directed High Infidelity (1964)
Ugo Pirro Also in Men and Wolves and The Hunchback
Jacques Herlin Elio directed The 10th Victim (1965)
Mariangela Melato Elio directed The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Claire Bloom Elio directed High Infidelity (1964)
Michèle Mercier Elio directed High Infidelity (1964)
Eleonora Rossi Drago Elio wrote The Road a Year Long and The Employee
Renato Salvatori Elio directed Todo modo (1976)
Flavio Bucci Elio directed The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Lando Buzzanca Elio directed His Days Are Numbered (1962)
Mario Scaccia Elio directed We Still Kill the Old Way (1967)
Orazio Orlando Elio directed Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)- Ivica Pajer Also in The Year Long Road (1958)
Michel Piccoli Elio directed Todo modo (1976)
Tonino Guerra Also in The Assassin and The 10th Victim
Maria Fiore Elio wrote Sunset in Naples and La garçonnière
Andrea Checchi Elio directed The Assassin (1961)
Giulio Calì Also in Days of Love and Men and Wolves
Known for
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion 1970
The Working Class Goes to Heaven 1971
One Way or Another 1976
The Monsters 1963
Property Is No Longer a Theft 1973
Filmography 35
76 credits on file
Television 3
Media & music
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Awards
About this person
His film Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film, and his subsequent film The Working Class Goes to Heaven received the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
