Film

Power

1972 · 1h 26m · Comedy · History

IMDb

7.7

Titled Power, Tretti's sophomore film was a sort of Mel Brooks' History of the World, in which Tretti explored the history of mankind from one precise point of view: how the powerful ruled over the weak. A man confused as the God of Fire in prehistory; Jesus and Muhammad deciding who must eat what and when because of a power no one has seen; Tiberius Gracchus killed by the senate because he was fighting for the people. Tretti had a bullet for everyone. He loved to unmask those who claimed to be on the side of the less fortunate, showing the three powers - military, commercial and agricultural - sitting on three thrones and chatting on how they can suck life out of men and keep power tight in their hands.

Massimo Campostrini

Tiberio Gracco / Indian / Socialist deputy

Ferruccio Maliga

Cardinal Concordat / Bishop

Giovani Moretto

Stone age man / Indian / Worker

Diego Peres

Stone Age Man / Indian / Worker

Paola Tosi

Stone age woman / Indian/ Farm visitor

Augusto Tretti

Mussolini / Military power / Commercial power / Agricultural power

• Augusto TrettiDirector · Writer
• Mario FattoriProducer
• Federico PantanellaProducer
• Ubaldo MarelliDirector of Photography
• Eugenia Manzoni TrettiOriginal Music Composer
• Giancarlo RaineriEditor

Release date

July 26, 1972

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Comedy, History