Secrets of the State

Segreti di stato

On the first of May 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano conducted a raid to the mountain pass Portella della Ginestra, with a view to capturing Sicily's most prominent communist, Giacomo Licausi. What actually happened was a regular massacre, leaving fourteen people dead and more than thirty wounded. In 1951, about a year after Giulano's violent death, his men are tried in Viterbo. Unconvinced by the official version, Gaspare Pasciotta's lawyer, decides to travel to Sicily and starts investigating the facts.

Director

Paolo Benvenuti

Screenplay

Mario Cereghino

Screenplay

Paolo Benvenuti

Screenplay

Paola Baroni

Status

Released

Release date

02/09/2003

Original language

Italian