Bella Mafia (1997)
November 16, 1997Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Vanessa Redgrave
Graziella Luciano
Dennis Farina
Don Roberto Luciano
Nastassja Kinski
Sophia Luciano
Jennifer Tilly
Moyra Luciano
Illeana Douglas
Teresa Scorpio Luciano
James Marsden
Luka
Gina Philips
Rosa Luciano
Richard Portnow
Anthony Moreno
Franco Nero
Mario Domino
Carmen Argenziano
Castellano
Peter Bogdanovich
Vito Giancamo
David Greene
Director
David Greene
Director
Michael Hayden
Michael Luciano
Richard Joseph Paul
Constantino Luciano
Lynda La Plante
Writer
Jack Clements
Producer
W. Earl Brown
Fredrico Luciano
Joseph Vitarelli
Composer
Tony Maggio
Alfredo Luciano
Gordon Lonsdale
Cinematographer
Christopher Shaw
Giorgio Corolla
Michael Brown
Editor
Michael Raynor
Mickey Diamond
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Bella Mafia is a 1997 American television film starring Vanessa Redgrave, Nastassja Kinski, Jennifer Tilly, Illeana Douglas and Dennis Farina. Redgrave was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film.It is based on the book Bella Mafia written in 1991 by English author Lynda La Plante.
Les Moonves, the disgrace CEO of CBS Corporation, gave Illeana Douglas the role as part of a deal to keep her quiet about his sexual assault against her. Prior to getting a lawyer, Douglas was fired from a TV pilot and had her salary withheld by Moonves as retaliation. “I go from being sexually assaulted, fired for not having sex with Les Moonves, fired by everyone, to ‘We are going to pay you in full and we also want you to be on this miniseries,’ ” Douglas recalled.