Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Gian Maria Volonté, Florinda Bolkan, Gianni Santuccio, Orazio Orlando, Sergio Tramonti, Arturo Dominici DIRECTOR: Elio Petri CINEMATOGRAPHY: Luigi Kuveiller MUSIC: Ennio Morricone PRODUCTION: Vera Film

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

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INDUSTRY IMPACT

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: Won 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 6 nominations total

Awards Won: ★ David di Donatello for Best Actor — Gian Maria Volonte ★ David di Donatello for Best Film ★ FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes ★ Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix ★ Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (43rd Academy Awards)

Nominations: ○ Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (43rd Academy Awards) ○ International Submission to the Academy Awards ○ Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (44th Academy Awards) ○ Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film

Additional Recognition: The film was highly regarded in its own time, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and both the FIPRESCI Prize and the Grand Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. Also it won the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture from the Mystery Writers of America.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion was well received by critics and is widely considered one of the best European films of the 1970s. The New York Times called the film "a suspense melodrama with the moral concerns of angry satire [...] When it opened in Italy early this year (and later, when it was shown at Cannes), Investigation was hailed for the ways in which it exposed the corrupt, authoritarian practices of the police, who place themselves above their own laws [...] The story moves forward with a relentless momentum. It is a political parable, and a stunning movie."

The film has a Rotten Tomatoes approval of 100% based on 15 reviews, with an average score of 8/10. On Metacritic, it has a score of 89 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

David Fear of Time Out called it "[a] paranoid police procedural, a perverse parable about the corrupting elements of power, and a candidate for the greatest predated Patriot Act movie ever [...]". Kenneth Turan called the film "as troubling today as when it came out in 1970. Maybe more so."