Illustrious Corpses

Illustrious Corpses
Illustrious Corpses
	Italian film poster
Directed by	Francesco Rosi
Screenplay by	Tonino Guerra; Lino Jannuzzi; Francesco Rosi
Based on	Equal Danger; by Leonardo Sciascia
Produced by	Alberto Grimaldi
Starring	Lino Ventura; Tino Carraro; Marcel Bozzuffi; Paolo Bonacelli; Alain Cuny; Luigi Pistilli; Renato Salvatori; Tina Aumont; Fernando Rey; Max von Sydow; Charles Vanel;
Cinematography	Pasqualino De Santis
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Production; companies	Produzioni Europee Associati; Les Productions Artistes Associés
Distributed by	United Artists Europa
Release dates	12 February 1976 (Italy); 26 May 1976 (France);
Running time	127 minutes
Countries	Italy; France
Language	Italian

Illustrious Corpses (Italian: Cadaveri eccellenti, French: Cadavres exquis) is a 1976 Italian-French thriller film directed by Francesco Rosi and starring Lino Ventura, based on the novel Equal Danger by Leonardo Sciascia (1971).^[2]^[3]

In 2008, the film was included in the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage's 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."^[4]

^ ^a ^b Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. p. 179. ISBN 9780786469765.
^ "Cadaveri eccellenti". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ Canby, Vincent (6 October 1976). "Italy's 'Illustrious Corpses,' Disappointing Film". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
^ "Ecco i cento film italiani da salvare Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 11 March 2021.