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The Mafia 1972 Directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson La maffia

The business of the Donato family, an Italian-Argentine criminal organization, is a success. They have bought judges, lawyers and even politicians, but after a kidnapping goes wrong, a civil war starts in the Donato crime family. Based on a real event of the Galiffi crime family, a real Italian pro-Fascism mafia that conquered in the 1920's and 1930's the city of Rosario, the Chicago of Latin America.

Country Spain
Production Country Argentina
Language Spanish
Spoken Language Spanish
Release Date 29 March 1972
120 mins
Cast
Alfredo Alcón Luciano Pennoa
Thelma Biral Ada Donato
José Slavin Francesco Donato
China Zorrilla Assunta Donato
Héctor Alterio Paulie Paolatti
José María Gutiérrez Manolo, El Gallego
Diego Botto Marcelo Álvarez
Alejandro Marcial Inspector Hernández
Raúl Fraire Kidnapped
Saúl Jarlip Dino Marchesi
Roberto Airaldi Councilor
Luis Orbegozo Kidnapper #1 (uncredited)
Juan Alighieri Kidnapper #2 (uncredited)
Mario Yantorno Kidnapper #3 (uncredited)
Tina Francis "Gringa" The Polish (uncredited)
Noemí Granata Prostitute (uncredited)
Nino Udine Man in Tunnel (uncredited)
Neri Giacometti Mob Soldier (uncredited)
Raúl Fraire Politician (uncredited)
Juan Alighieri Man in The Ring (uncredited)