Hands over the City

1963, 1h 41min -

Rod Steiger is ferocious as a scheming land developer in Francesco Rosi’s HANDS OVER THE CITY, a blistering work of social realism and the winner of the 1963 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion. This expose of the politically driven real-estate speculation that has devastated Naples’s civilian landscape moves breathlessly from a cataclysmic building collapse to the backroom negotiations of civic leaders vying for power in a city council election, laying bare the inner workings of corruption with passion and outrage. Show more

"Hands over the City" — movie produced in Italy and released in 1963. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.6 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 41min. "Hands over the City" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!