''The Red Shadows'' ( it, Le ombre rosse) is a 2009

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written and directed by

Francesco Maselli Francesco Maselli or Citto Maselli (born 9 December 1930, in Rome) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 38 films since 1949. Biography Maselli graduated at the National Film School in 1949 and began his career as assist ...

. For the French TV series see Les Ombres rouges. It was screened out of competition at the

66th Venice International Film Festival The 66th annual Venice International Film Festival, held in Venice, Italy, was held from 2 to 12 September 2009, with Maria Grazia Cucinotta serving as the festival's hostess. The opening film of the festival was '' Baarìa'' by Giuseppe Torn ...

Cast

Ennio Fantastichini Ennio Fantastichini (20 February 1955 – 1 December 2018) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Gallese, province of Viterbo, Fantastichini studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. His breakout role ...

as Varga *

Arnoldo Foà Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014. Biography Foà was born in Ferrara, Italy, to a Jewish fam ...

as Massimo *

Roberto Herlitzka Roberto Herlitzka (born 2 October 1937) is an Italian theatre and film actor of Czechoslovak descent. He has appeared in 38 films since 1973. He was born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. In 2004 he won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor ...

as Sergio Siniscalchi *

Valentina Carnelutti Valentina Carnelutti (born 6 February 1973) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1995. Selected filmography References External links * 1973 births Living people Italian film actresses {{Italy- ...

as Margherita * Flavio Parenti as Davide *

Lucia Poli Lucia Poli (born 14 June 1940), is an Italian actress, playwright and stage director. Life and career Born in Florence, the sister of the actor Paolo, Poli began her career in 1970 with the children's theater. In the mid-1970s she formed her o ...

as Vanessa * Eugenia Costantini as Betta *

Luca Lionello Luca Lionello (born January 9, 1964) is an Italian actor. Biography Born in Rome to actor and voice dubbing artist Oreste Lionello, he has been actor since 1986. Since then, Lionello came to international attention in 2004, when he played the ro ...

as Stefano * Carmelo Galati as Alessandro * Veronica Gentili as Rossana * Antonino Bruschetta as Conduttore TV1 *

Roberto Citran Roberto Citran (born 26 January 1955) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Padua, Citran graduated in psychology and founded the university film club "CINEMAUNO" in his hometown. After some sporadic stage works he founded a small theate ...

as Bergonzi *

Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935, in Toulouse – 2 July 2010, in Paris) was a French actor. Biography Terzieff was the son of French ceramist Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...

'' *

Ricky Tognazzi Ricky Tognazzi (born Riccardo Tognazzi; ; 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film '' The Escort'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, he won ...

as Politician

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* 2000s political drama films Italian political drama films Films directed by Francesco Maselli 2009 drama films 2009 films 2000s Italian-language films 2000s Italian films {{2000s-drama-film-stub