''The Rebel'' ( it, Poliziotto, solitudine e rabbia, lit=Cop, solitude and anger)) is a 1980 ''

poliziottesco Poliziotteschi (; singular ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ...

'' film directed by Stelvio Massi.

Cast

Maurizio Merli Maurizio Merli (February 8, 1940 – March 10, 1989) was an Italian film actor and a star of many Italian police thrillers. Career After a decade of minor film roles, 1974 saw a breakthrough for Merli with his first starring role in a rema ...

as Nicola *

Jutta Speidel Jutta Speidel (; born 26 March 1954) is a German actress. She had her first television role at the age of 15. Jutta Speidel appeared in ''Schulmadchen Report 1'' (1970), which was directed by Ernst Hofbauer and produced by Wolf C. Hartwig. She ...

as Vivien *

Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal Valera (8 March 1926 – 29 August 2001), better known as Paco Rabal, was a Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter born in Águilas, a town in the south-western part of the province of Murcia, Spain. Throughout his career, Raba ...

as Tony *

Arthur Brauss Arthur Brauss (born 24 July 1936) is a German actor, perhaps best known for his work in Sam Peckinpah's ''Cross of Iron''. Brauss was born in Augsburg, Germany. Partial filmography * ''Stop Train 349'' (1963, directed by Rolf Hädrich), as I.M ...

as Klaus Beitz *

Reinhard Kolldehoff Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncr ...

as Hermann Stoll

Production

''The Rebel'' was shot at CCC Filmkunst in Berlin and on Location in

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, Venice and Berlin. Merli spoke about the film stating that his crew and him "left for Germany in January 1980. It was amazing to shoot in Berlin stadium where Hitler used to deliver his speeches to the masses, especially since it was a gloomy day, with the sky completely covered with clouds. I had shivers watching the field completely covered with white snow, and all around the black marble that the stadium was built of." The film was made under the original title ''Poliziotto solitudine e rabbia''. The Italian version of the film was edited by Mauro Bonanni while the German version was edited by Sybille Windt.

Release

''The Rebel'' was distributed in Italy by Medusa on 22 August 1980 with a 102 minute running time. The film grossed a total of 508 million

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. It was released in West Germany on 20 February 1981 with an 87 minute runtime as ''Knallharte Profis''. It was released on home video on VHS in Italy by AVO and as ''Il rebelle'' by Eureka.

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* 1980 films West German films Poliziotteschi films Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani 1980s crime films Films set in West Germany Films set in Berlin Films shot in Berlin Films shot in Venice 1980s Italian films {{1980s-crime-film-stub