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Giovanni Falcone is a film of genre Biography directed by Giuseppe Ferrara with Michele Placido
Giovanni Falcone (1993)
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Giovanni Falcone is a 1993 Italian biographical drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Ferrara. It is based on real life events of the prosecuting magistrate Giovanni Falcone who was killed by mafia in 1992.
^ Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
Actors
Michele Placido
(Giovanni Falcone)
Anna Bonaiuto
(Francesca Falcone)
Giancarlo Giannini
(Paolo Borsellino)
Massimo Bonetti
(Ninni Cassarà)
Gianni Musy
(Tommaso Buscetta)
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