Secrets of the State

Overview

On the first of May 1947, the bandit Salvatore Giuliano conducted a raid to the mountain pass Portella della Ginestra, with a view to capturing Sicily's most prominent communist, Giacomo Licausi. What actually happened was a regular massacre, leaving fourteen people dead and more than thirty wounded. In 1951, about a year after Giulano's violent death, his men are tried in Viterbo. Unconvinced by the official version, Gaspare Pasciotta's lawyer, decides to travel to Sicily and starts investigating the facts.

Cast

Antonio Catania

L'avvocato

David Coco

Pisciotta

Sergio Graziani

Il professore

Aldo Puglisi

Il perito

Francesco Guzzo

Cacaova

Bruno de Stephanis

Giudice