Property is No Longer a Theft
Directed byElio Petri
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Elio Petri
  • Ugo Pirro[1]
Produced byClaudio Mancini[1]
Starring
CinematographyLuigi Kuveiller[1]
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni[1]
Music byEnnio Morricone[1]
Production
companies
  • Quasars Film Company
  • Labrador Films[1]
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 1 July 1973 (1973-07-01)
Running time
125 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • France[1]

Property Is No Longer a Theft (Italian: La proprietà non è più un furto) is a 1973 comedy film directed by Elio Petri. It was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Plot

Total, a young bank cashier, sees his life, with its grey, dismal prospects, as disappointing. He envies the wealth of many of his clients, often accumulated though criminal or corrupt activities.

After surviving an armed robbery, he decides to start a new life, as a thief. Resigning from his job, he begins discreetly with small robberies in supermarkets, progressing to larger frauds, including of a former client, a butcher.

He enjoys the new clothes, new cars and new women but his neuroticism and social conscience pose problems.

Cast

Release

Property is No Longer a Theft was released on July 1, 1973. It was distributed by Titanus.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Curti 2021, p. 313.
  2. "Property Is No Longer a Theft". Film Affinity. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2021). Eltio Petri: Investigation of a Filmmaker. McFarland. ISBN 1476642834.


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