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Sacco & Vanzetti

The Murders that shocked the Nation. The Trial that still shakes the World.

1971 · 2h 5m · GP Drama, History
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo

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Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchist political beliefs.

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70%
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Fresh

... the 81-minute film contains a surprising amount of information about the two Italian-born immigrants who were tried, convicted and executed in Boston amid accusations of grave injustice.

Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

... an Italian film that elects to play on our best prejudices rather than make a reasonable or eloquent plea for truth.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Fresh

... one of the best.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

The trial was an insult to justice, but this 1971 film -- an Italian-U.S. production -- is an insult to the viewer's intelligence, as heavy-handed and phony as any of the right-wing propaganda of the 50s.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

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