''The Red Shadows'' () is a 2009 Italian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by

Francesco Maselli Francesco Maselli (9 December 1930 – 21 March 2023), also known as Citto Maselli, was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Born into a well educated family (his father was an art critic) originally from the Molise region, Mase ...

. It was screened out of competition at the

66th Venice International Film Festival The 66th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 2 to 12 September 2009, at Venice Lido in Italy. Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta was the Hos ...

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 f ...

as Massimo *

Roberto Herlitzka Roberto Herlitzka (2 October 1937 – 31 July 2024) was an Italian theatre and film actor. He has appeared in 38 films since 1973. In 2004 he won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor and Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor for his role i ...

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 as Vanessa * Eugenia Costantini as Betta *

Luca Lionello Luca Lionello (born 9 January 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 rol ...

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. After some sporadic stage works he founded a small theater company, "Punto ...

as Bergonzi *

Laurent Terzieff Laurent Terzieff (27 June 1935 – 2 July 2010) was a French actor and theatre director. Biography Terzieff was the son of French ceramist Le Monde (; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ...

'' *

Ricky Tognazzi Riccardo "Ricky" Tognazzi ( born 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 the Silver ...

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 Cattleya films Italian-language political drama films {{2000s-drama-film-stub