''Bloody Friday'' () is a 1972

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directed by Rolf Olsen and starring

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, Amadeus August, and Gianni Macchia. It was shot on location in

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and other parts of

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Plot

After escaping from a courtroom during his trial, a major criminal plans the biggest bank robbery ever to have taken place in the country.

Main cast

as Heinz Klett * Amadeus August as Christian Hofbauer *Gianni Macchia as Luigi Belloni * Christine Böhm as Heidi Hofbauer *Ernst H. Hilbich as Ernst Pylobar *

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as Marion Lotzmann *

Daniela Giordano Daniela Giordano (7 November 1947– 16 December 2022) was an Italian actress, who is foremost known for her appearances in the Italian Exploitation film, exploitation cinema in the late 1960s and in the 1970s. She is not to be confused with the ...

as Dagmar Neuss *

Walter Buschhoff Walter Buschhoff (1923–2010) was a German stage, film and television actor.Goble p.462 He was married to the actress Maria Körber. Selected filmography * ''IA in Oberbayern'' (1956) - Dr. Hans von Spörling * ''Heiße Ernte'' (1956) - Oskar ...

as Walter Lotzmann *Renate Roland as Helga Radtke * Horst Naumann as Dr. Mayer-Lippe *

Totò Mignone Ottone "Totò" Mignone (8 February 1906 – 1 January 1993) was an Italian dancer and actor of stage and film. He was the elder brother of the actress and singer Milly (actress), Milly. Selected filmography * ''Five to Nil'' (1932) * ''The Tamin ...

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.

Release

''Bloody Friday'' was released in West Germany where it was distributed by

Gloria Film Gloria Film was a West German film production and distribution company. It was established in 1949 by Ilse Kubaschewski. An earlier, unconnected company of the same name had existed during the silent era in Germany, and had been absorbed into U ...

on 8 May 1972. It was distributed in Italy by Alpherat on 6 February 1973 under the title ''Violenza contro violenza''. The film grossed 135,195,000

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on its theatrical release in Italy.

References

External links

* 1972 films 1972 crime films German crime films West German films Italian crime films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Rolf Olsen Films about bank robbery Films about hostage taking Gloria Film films 1970s German films 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub