---
title: 'Romanzo Criminale (2005)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michele Placido'
released: '2005-09-30'
runtime_minutes: 152
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/romanzo-criminale-2005'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418110/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Romanzo Criminale (2005)

2005 · 152 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Romanzo criminale

## Synopsis

Romanzo criminale is an Italian-language crime drama film released in 2005, directed by Michele Placido. It was highly acclaimed and won 15 awards. It is based on Giancarlo De Cataldo's 2002 novel, which is in turn inspired by the true story of the Banda della Magliana. The Magliana gang was one of the most powerful Italian criminal associations, dominating Rome's drug, gambling and other kinds of crime activities from the early 1970s until the death of Enrico De Pedis in 1992. The gang's affiliates started their career kidnapping rich people, drug dealing. From the 1970s they started working with the Italian secret service, fascists, terrorists, the Sicilian Mafia, the Camorra, and many more. Some gang members are still alive, as inmates of an Italian prison, or justice collaborators.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michele Placido](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-placido)
- **Screenplay:** [Michele Placido](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-placido), [Giancarlo De Cataldo](https://cinepixo.com/people/giancarlo-de-cataldo), [Sandro Petraglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandro-petraglia), [Stefano Rulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefano-rulli)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paolo Buonvino](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-buonvino)
- **Director of Photography:** [Luca Bigazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luca-bigazzi)
- **Editor:** [Esmeralda Calabria](https://cinepixo.com/people/esmeralda-calabria)

## Cast

- [Elio Germano](https://cinepixo.com/people/elio-germano)
- [Gianmarco Tognazzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianmarco-tognazzi)
- [Massimo Popolizio](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-popolizio)
- [Jasmine Trinca](https://cinepixo.com/people/jasmine-trinca)
- [Virginia Raffaele](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-raffaele)
- [Toni Bertorelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/toni-bertorelli)
- [Riccardo Scamarcio](https://cinepixo.com/people/riccardo-scamarcio)
- [Stefano Accorsi](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefano-accorsi)
- [Stefano Fresi](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefano-fresi)
- [Michele Placido](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-placido)
- [Brenno Placido](https://cinepixo.com/people/brenno-placido)
- [Roberto Brunetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-brunetti)
- [Franco Interlenghi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-interlenghi)
- [Gigi Angelillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/gigi-angelillo)
- [Roberto Infascelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-infascelli-2)

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Official site: http://www.romanzocriminale.it/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/romanzo-criminale-2005
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1056740); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.