Power backdrop

Power 1972 Directed by Augusto Tretti Il potere

Titled Power, Tretti's sophomore film was a sort of Mel Brooks' History of the World, in which Tretti explored the history of mankind from one precise point of view: how the powerful ruled over the weak. A man confused as the God of Fire in prehistory; Jesus and Muhammad deciding who must eat what and when because of a power no one has seen; Tiberius Gracchus killed by the senate because he was fighting for the people. Tretti had a bullet for everyone. He loved to unmask those who claimed to be on the side of the less fortunate, showing the three powers - military, commercial and agricultural - sitting on three thrones and chatting on how they can suck life out of men and keep power tight in their hands.

Country Italy
Production Country Italy
Language Italian
Spoken Language Italian
Gneres Comedy , History
Production Company Aquarius Audiovisual
Release Date 26 July 1972
86 mins
Cast
Massimo Campostrini Tiberio Gracco / Indian / Socialist deputy
Ferruccio Maliga Cardinal Concordat / Bishop
Giovani Moretto Stone age man / Indian / Worker
Diego Peres Stone Age Man / Indian / Worker
Paola Tosi Stone age woman / Indian/ Farm visitor
Augusto Tretti Mussolini / Military power / Commercial power / Agricultural power