Bloody Friday (film)

1972 film

Bloody Friday
German film poster

German	Blutiger Freitag

Directed by	Rolf Olsen
Screenplay by	Valeria Bonamano Rolf Olsen Fernando Di Leo^[1]
Story by	Valeria Bonamano Rolf Olsen Fernando Di Leo^[1]
Starring	Raimund Harmstorf Amadeus August Gianni Macchia
Cinematography	Franz X. Lederle^[1]
Edited by	Amedeo Giomini Eva Zeyn^[1]
Music by	Francesco De Masi^[1]
Production companies	Lisa Film Cineproduzioni Daunia 70^[1]
Distributed by	Gloria Film (Germany) Alpherat (Italy)^[2]
Release dates	8 May 1972 (1972-05-08) (West Germany) 6 February 1973 (1973-02-06) (Italy)
Running time	97 minutes^[2]
Countries	West Germany Italy^[1]

Bloody Friday (German: Blutiger Freitag) is a 1972 crime film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Raimund Harmstorf, Amadeus August, and Gianni Macchia.^[3]

It was shot on location in Munich and other parts of Bavaria.^{[citation needed]}

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 Böhm 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
Totò 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.^[1]

Release

Bloody Friday was released in West Germany where it was distributed by Gloria Film on 8 May 1972.^[2] It was distributed in Italy by Alpherat on 6 February 1973 under the title Violenza contro violenza.^[1] The film grossed 135,195,000 Italian lire on its theatrical release in Italy.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968–1980. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0786469765.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Blutiger Freitag" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ Mayer, Geoffrey (2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-8108-6769-7.