''Il marsigliese'' is a 1975 Italian miniseries produced by

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. It was directed by

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and stars

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as Pierre Toril and Lina Polito as Vicenzina Sannataro. The miniseries tells about events linked to the fight for the control of cigarette smuggling between the Neapolitan, Sicilian and Marseilles

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in Naples in the 1970s.

Cast

: as Pierre Toril * Lina Polito: as Vicenzina Sannataro *

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: as Nino Sannataro * Agla Marsili: as Nino Sannataro's wife * Patrizio Esposito: as Nino Sannataro's son *

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: as Ciccio Navarra * Isa Danieli: as Maria, Navarra's wife *

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: as Tanino Sciacca *

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: as the Magistrate *

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: as Vito Amarillo * Giuseppe Anatrelli: as Pascalino Agnone * Ida Di Benedetto: as Agnone's wife * Biagio Pelligra: as the Sicilian killer

External links

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Il marsiliese in ''Il Davinotti''
Italian drama television series Period television series 1970s Italian television series Television series about organized crime Works about the Camorra Works about the Sicilian Mafia {{italy-tv-prog-stub