Operazione San Pietro (internationally released as Operation St. Peter's) is a 1967Italiancomedy film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film is a sort of unofficial sequel to Operazione San Gennaro, a successful heist-comedy film that Dino Risi had filmed the previous year.[3][4]
The film was co-produced by France, where it was released as Au diable les anges (To Hell With the Angels), and West Germany, where it was released as Die Abenteuer des Kardinal Braun (The Adventure of Cardinal Brown).[5][2]
Napoleon, a small-time crook, is serving time in Naples on a robbery charge. He is sprung by accident when the Baron and his two incompetent cohorts, Agonia and the Captain, tunnel under his cell, having lost their way to an expected bank vault. Napoleon escapes with his rescuers through the tunnel and discovers that the three are flat broke, despite the well-dressed appearance of the Baron. Napoleon swiftly asserts himself as leader of the group and suggests that they move to Rome for richer pickings.
On the outskirts of Rome, the gang falls in with Il Cajella, who owns a dilapidated used-car lot which Napoleon elects as his gang's hideout and Cajella as their co-conspirator/protector. At first, Napoleon's renewed criminal activates are unambitious and he is soon caught stealing a woman's purse at a local shopping center. Before the security guards can call the police, Marisa, the victim, announces that she knows him and saves him from arrest. Marisa insists on calling Napoleon "Filiberto" because he resembles her late husband.
Meanwhile, Cajella encounters the beautiful Samantha while cruising for trade at a singles bar mainly populated by wealthy older women. Cajella is unaware that Samantha belongs to a big American criminal named Joe Ventura. Elsewhere, the hungry gang attempts to raise money to buy food by offering American tourists a private view of Michaelangelo's Pieta. When a Vatican employee leaves a forklift truck unattended, Napoleon swathes the statue in a blanket and brazenly carries it on the forklift out into the streets of Rome.
Napoleon brings Marisa to the hideout to seduce her, but accidentally dislodges the sheet to reveal the Pieta. Marisa, a devout Catholic, insists that the statue be returned. Napoleon concedes but claims that he only found the statue. Napoleon and Marisa lead Vatican officials to the hideout, but Ventura and his henchmen arrive first and make off with the statue themselves. Wanted posters depicting Ventura and Cajella are distributed throughout Italy.
Ventura and his men decide to head to Sicily with Vatican police and diverse cardinals, priests, and monks in hot pursuit. Napoleon, Marisa, and the gang team up with Cardinal Braun, a Vatican official who drives like a maniac after the fleeing criminals. Braun drives off a pier and crashes the car on board Ventura's boat just as it sets off for Sicily with the statue. To everyone's surprise, Ventura hands his gun to Braun, for Ventura and Braun were old friends in the Mafia before Braun saw the light. As the boat sails away with both gangs on board, Samantha and Cajella are left behind on the pier. Samantha escapes on water skis and Cajella tries to swim after her to escape from a group of angry female clients of his waiting on the pier.
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This article is about the Italian comedy film For the soundtrack of the film see Operazione San Pietro soundtrack Operazione San Pietro internationally released as Operation St Peter s is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Lucio Fulci The film is a sort of unofficial sequel to Operazione San Gennaro a successful heist comedy film that Dino Risi had filmed the previous year 3 4 Operation St Peter sOriginal Italian theatrical posterDirected byLucio FulciWritten byAdriano Bolzoni Ennio De Concini Paul Hengge Lucio Fulci Roberto Gianviti 1 Produced byTuri Vasile Luggi Waldleitner 1 StarringLando BuzzancaJean Claude BrialyEdward G RobinsonHerbert FuxCinematographyErico Menczer Alfio Contini 1 Edited byElisabeth Kleinert Neumann Ornella Micheli 1 Music byWard Swingle Armando Trovajoli 1 ProductioncompaniesUltra Film S p A Marianne Productions S A Roxy Film GmbH amp Co KG 1 Distributed byInterfilmRelease dates29 December 1967 Italy 2 13 February 1968 West Germany 1 Running time97 min 2 CountriesItaly France West Germany 1 LanguageItalianThe film was co produced by France where it was released as Au diable les anges To Hell With the Angels and West Germany where it was released as Die Abenteuer des Kardinal Braun The Adventure of Cardinal Brown 5 2 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 External linksPlot EditNapoleon a small time crook is serving time in Naples on a robbery charge He is sprung by accident when the Baron and his two incompetent cohorts Agonia and the Captain tunnel under his cell having lost their way to an expected bank vault Napoleon escapes with his rescuers through the tunnel and discovers that the three are flat broke despite the well dressed appearance of the Baron Napoleon swiftly asserts himself as leader of the group and suggests that they move to Rome for richer pickings On the outskirts of Rome the gang falls in with Il Cajella who owns a dilapidated used car lot which Napoleon elects as his gang s hideout and Cajella as their co conspirator protector At first Napoleon s renewed criminal activates are unambitious and he is soon caught stealing a woman s purse at a local shopping center Before the security guards can call the police Marisa the victim announces that she knows him and saves him from arrest Marisa insists on calling Napoleon Filiberto because he resembles her late husband Meanwhile Cajella encounters the beautiful Samantha while cruising for trade at a singles bar mainly populated by wealthy older women Cajella is unaware that Samantha belongs to a big American criminal named Joe Ventura Elsewhere the hungry gang attempts to raise money to buy food by offering American tourists a private view of Michaelangelo s Pieta When a Vatican employee leaves a forklift truck unattended Napoleon swathes the statue in a blanket and brazenly carries it on the forklift out into the streets of Rome Napoleon brings Marisa to the hideout to seduce her but accidentally dislodges the sheet to reveal the Pieta Marisa a devout Catholic insists that the statue be returned Napoleon concedes but claims that he only found the statue Napoleon and Marisa lead Vatican officials to the hideout but Ventura and his henchmen arrive first and make off with the statue themselves Wanted posters depicting Ventura and Cajella are distributed throughout Italy Ventura and his men decide to head to Sicily with Vatican police and diverse cardinals priests and monks in hot pursuit Napoleon Marisa and the gang team up with Cardinal Braun a Vatican official who drives like a maniac after the fleeing criminals Braun drives off a pier and crashes the car on board Ventura s boat just as it sets off for Sicily with the statue To everyone s surprise Ventura hands his gun to Braun for Ventura and Braun were old friends in the Mafia before Braun saw the light As the boat sails away with both gangs on board Samantha and Cajella are left behind on the pier Samantha escapes on water skis and Cajella tries to swim after her to escape from a group of angry female clients of his waiting on the pier Cast EditLando Buzzanca as Napoleone Jean Claude Brialy as Cajella Edward G Robinson as Joe Ventura Heinz Ruhmann as Cardinal Erik Braun Christine Barclay as Marisa Antonella Della Porta as Cesira Herbert Fux as Targout Wolfgang Kieling as Poulain Ugo Fangareggi as Agonia Uta Levka as Samantha Dante Maggio as The Captain Pinuccio Ardia as Il barone Carlo Pisacane as EpimenoReferences Edit a b c d e f g h Die Abenteuer des Kardinal Braun Filmportal de Retrieved 8 September 2017 a b c Thrower Stephen 1999 Beyond Terror the films of Lucio Fulci FAB Press page 275 Cesare Biarese Commedia all italiana parlano i protagonisti Gangemi 1985 Masolino D Amico La commedia all italiana Il Saggiatore 2008 Hans Michael Bock Tim Bergfelder The concise Cinegraph Berghahn Books 2009 p 242 External links EditOperation St Peter s at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Operation St Peter 27s amp oldid 1111985340, wikipedia, 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