Post-war Milan is the ideal breeding ground for a new wave of criminal activity. A crime-scene that is very different from what we are used to today: an old-fashioned system of organized crime made up of thieves and outlaws who share a specific moral code which absolutely condemns homicide. A new chief officer is assigned to the Milan Police Department as if to settle a score for having exposed his corrupt colleagues. This is just one of the various difficulties that Mario Nardone an authentic Neapolitan must face in the sophisticated and urbane Milan. A city which nevertheless Nardone loves unconditionally and where he plans to bring up his beloved albeit somewhat neglected children. Based on a real figure Mario Nardone was a true legend in Milan during the 50's and 60's. Straightforward persistently stubborn but also endowed with a strong moral code and a great sense of humanity Nardone has deep loves; including his long-suffering family good cuisine and cracking jokes at every opportunity.
Luca Zingaretti stars in this made-for-TV Italian-language drama which brings to life the true story of Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian who risked his life to save Jews in Second World War Hungary. Though Perlasca (Zingaretti) was initially a supporter of Italian fascism and fought for Mussolini in East Africa during the Italo-Abyssinian War, he became increasingly disenchanted with the doctrine as it merged with Hitler's anti-Semitic vision. In 1944, while based in Budapest for the purposes of ...
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