New Arrival The Iron Prefect

THE ITALIAN CRIME CLASSIC FROM DIRECTOR PASQUALE SQUITIERI FEATURING A SCORE FROM AWARD WINNING COMPOSER ENNIO MORRICONE

Based on the true story of Cesare Mori,The Iron Prefectwho was sent to Sicily for an Eliot Ness-in-The Untouchables style clean-up of the mafia. Mori approaches organized crime on the island with uncompromising force even in the face of mass murders designed to scare him off.Pasquale Squitieri(Cammora) directs this stunning period piece which won the David di Donatello award for best film and features spaghetti western iconGiuliano Gemma(Day of Anger) brilliantly playing against type as the titular hero, winning him an award for his performance at the prestigious Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Alongside Gemma are the cream of international film from the period with co-starsClaudia Cardinale(The Day of the Owl) andFrancisco Rabal(Sorcerer), the key surveyor of Italy’s civic cinema screenwriterUgo Pirro(The Working Class Goes to Heaven) and legendary composerEnnio Morricone(Once Upon a Time in America).

Bonus Materials

• 2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented with Italian and English audio options
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Archival interview with director Pasquale Squitieri and star Giuliano Gemma (2009)
• New interview with Squitieri biographer Domenico Monetti (2023)
• New appreciation of Giuliano Gemma and the film by filmmaker Alex Cox (2023)
• Original trailer
• New and improved English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio