Hands over the City
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| Italian | Le mani sulla città |
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| Directed by | Francesco Rosi |
| Written by | Francesco Rosi Raffaele La Capria Enzo Forcella |
| Produced by | Lionello Santi |
| Starring | Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Marcello Cannavale |
| Cinematography | Gianni Di Venanzo |
| Edited by | Mario Serandrei |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Languages | Italian Neapolitan |
Hands over the City (Italian: Le mani sulla città ) is a 1963 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Francesco Rosi. It follows the real estate agent and politician Eduardo Nottola (Rod Steiger), who uses his power as a city councilman member to lobby for the displacement of the impoverished Naples population, and his personal fight against the idealist socialist politician De Vita (Carlo Fermariello).
The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 23rd Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion, the festival's top prize.
In 2008, the film was included on 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."