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Bloody Friday (film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
|name = Bloody Friday
|image = Blutiger-freitag-german-movie-poster-md.jpg
|caption = German film poster
|native_name =
|director = Rolf Olsen
|screenplay =
|story =
|based_on =
|starring =
|music = Francesco De Masi
|cinematography = Franz X. Lederle
|editing = Amedeo Giomini
Eva Zeyn
|production_companies = Lisa Film
Cineproduzioni Daunia 70
|distributors = Gloria Film (Germany)
Alpherat (Italy)
|released =
|runtime = 97 minutes
|country = West Germany
Italy
}}
'Bloody Friday' is a 1972 crime film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Raimund Harmstorf, Amadeus August, and Gianni Macchia.
It was shot on location in Munich and other parts of Bavaria.
Plot
After escaping from a courtroom during his trial, a major criminal plans the biggest bank robbery every to have taken place in the country.
Main cast
*Raimund Harmstorf as Heinz Klett
*Amadeus August as Christian Hofbauer
*Gianni Macchia as Luigi Belloni
*Christine Bhm as Heidi Hofbauer
*Ernst H. Hilbich as Ernst Pylobar
*Gila von Weitershausen as Marion Lotzmann
*Daniela Giordano as Dagmar Neuss
*Walter Buschhoff as Walter Lotzmann
*Renate Roland as Helga Radtke
*Horst Naumann as Dr. Mayer-Lippe
*Tot Mignone as Franz Muhl
*E. O. Fuhrmann as Prosecutor
*Ursula Erber as Irmgard Zukunft
*Werner Heyking as Dr. Eminger
Production
Fernando Di Leo revised the screenplay of the film and is uncredited in the film's credits.
Release
'Bloody Friday' was released in West Germany where it was distributed by Gloria Film on 8 May 1972. It was distributed in Italy by Alpherat on 6 February 1973 under the title 'Violenza contro violenza'. The film grossed 135,195,000 Italian lire on its theatrical release in Italy.
References
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