La piovra

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La Piovra
Format Crime
Narrated by see Cast
Country of origin Italy
Language(s) Italian
No. of seasons 10
Broadcast
Original channel RAI
Original run March 11, 1984 – January 11, 2001

La Piovra (Italian: The Octopus, referring to "The Mafia"[1] ) is an acclaimed Italian Television drama about the Mafia.

The story was by Sandro Petraglia. The production was designed by Luigi Perelli. The soundtrack was by Riz Ortolani and later by Ennio Morricone, who went on to compose music for several sequels.

In the United States the television series is available on MHz Worldview in Italian, subtitled in English.

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Soundtracks

[edit] References

  1. ^ Though in Italian a piovra is normally an octopus or even a giant squid, figuratively it is a parasite like a bloodsucker, mainly a leech, and so its familiar meaning becomes just "the Mafia".

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