Open Doors (1990)
1h 48m
Running Time
March 29, 1990Release Date
Open Doors (1990)
1h 48m
Running Time
March 29, 1990Release Date
Plot.
Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he kills his superior who sacked him, the man who replaced him and his wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks for a way to save the murderer from being shot, because he does not belive in capital punishment.
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Cast & Crew.
Gian Maria Volonté
Judge Vito Di Francesco
Renzo Giovampietro
Presidente Sanna
Ennio Fantastichini
Tommaso Scalia
Renato Carpentieri
Console
Tuccio Musumeci
Lawyer Spatafora
Tony Palazzo
l'autista
Gianni Amelio
Director
Vincenzo Cerami
Writer
Silverio Blasi
procuratore
Vitalba Andrea
Rosa Scalia
Leonardo Sciascia
Writer
Giacomo Piperno
Procuratore
Alessandro Sermoneta
Writer
Angelo Rizzoli Jr.
Producer
Lidia Alfonsi
Marchesa Anna Pironti
Franco Piersanti
Composer
Antonio Appierto
Lo Prete
Nicola Badalucco
Dr. Canillo
Pietro Bertone
giurato
Turi Catanzaro
giurato
Francesco Gabriele
giurato
Domenico Gennaro
uomo al cimitero
Vittorio Zarfati
il cancelliere
Roberto Nobile
ragioniere
Giancarlo Kory
Vincenzo
Fabrizio Mendola
Leonardo
Sara Micalizzi
suora
Francesco Sineri
Peppuccio
Orazio Stracuzzi
Avv. Colao
Paolo Volpicelli
Don Michele
Nicola Vigilante
Giurato
Antonio Scaramuzza
Camera Operator
Conchita Airoldi
Executive Producer
Simona Paggi
Editor
Ennio Cascioli
Hair Department Head
Tommaso Borgstrom
Second Assistant Camera
Nicola Salerno
Assistant Production Design
Giulio Pietromarchi
First Assistant Camera
Massimo Tavazzi
Set Decoration
Marco Turco
First Assistant Director
Giorgia Cecere
Second Assistant Director
Corrado Volpicelli
Boom Operator
Gianfranco Barbagallo
Production Secretary
Dino Di Dionisio
Executive Producer
Alberto Doni
Sound Mixer
Amedeo Fago
Production Design
Italo Clemente
Key Grip
Tonino Nardi
Director of Photography
Franco Velchi
Production Design
Patrizia Massa
Unit Manager
Remo Ugolinelli
Sound
Giulio Viggiani
Boom Operator
Roberto Priori
Assistant Editor
Alberto Blasi
Makeup Department Head
Anita Borgiotti
Script Supervisor
Luciana Morosetti
Assistant Costume Designer
Carla Garagnani
Administration
Rita Cirilli
Seamstress
Umberto Montiroli
Still Photographer
Gianna Gissi
Costume Design
Salvatore Alessi
Still Photographer
Giancarlo Carotenuto
Sound Editor
Emanuele Mazzilli
First Assistant Camera
Vittorio Pescetelli
Gaffer
Giuseppe Sorrentino
Assistant Production Design
Lorenzo Cera
Hairstylist
Anna Orieti
Administration
Lorenzo D'Ambrosio
Set Decoration
Fabrizio Fraticelli
Assistant Editor
Graziella Civiletti
Delegated Producer
Marco Quaranta
Makeup Artist
Daniele Tavazzi
Assistant Production Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 29, 1990
Original NamePorte aperte
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Filming LocationsPalermo, Italy
Genres
Wiki.
Open Doors (Italian: Porte aperte) is a 1990 Italian film directed by Gianni Amelio. Set in Palermo in the 1930s, a judge who is morally against the death penalty is confronted with the case of a man who has murdered his wife and two colleagues in cold blood. Opposed by both the fascist government - endorsing death penalty since it allows people to be safe to the point of "sleeping at night with open doors" - and public opinion, he struggles to do what he believes is right. Based on a 1987 novel, "Porte Aperte", by Leonardo Sciascia. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards.