The Case Is Closed, Forget It Blu-ray

Release Year: 1971

Runtime: 106 min

Director: Damiano Damiani

Cast: Franco Nero, Georges Wilson, John Steiner, Riccardo Cucciolla, Turi Ferro

Studios: Fair Film

Arrested on suspicion of a hit and run, a succesful architect is put in prison awaiting trial or release. Whilst there he witnesses the grim reality of life behind bars: corrupt staff, corrupt inmates, an inhuman judicial system and the power of the Mafia.

Special Features:

2K restoration of the film

From the original negative presented with Italian and, for the first time, English audio options.

Original uncompressed mono PCM audio

New interview with star Franco Nero

(2022, 14 mins)

Archival documentary

On the making of the film featuring actor Corrado Solari, assistant director Enrique Bergier and editor Antonio Siciliano (2015, 28 mins)

Italy’s Cinematic Civil Conscience: An Examination of the Life and Works of Damiano Damiani

A visual essay on the filmmaker by critic Rachael Nisbet (2023, 35 mins)

Trailer

New and improved optional English subtitles

For Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio

Technical Specifications:

• 2K restoration
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Dolby Audio
• English & Italian language
• 1.85:1
• Mono