Illustrious Corpses - LE - PRE-ORDER - 26-JANUARY-2026

Illustrious Corpses

When a series of Supreme court judges are murdered, inspector Rogas (Lino Ventura, Army of Shadows) is sent to discover the truth. A procedural noir soon turns into a labyrinthine conspiracy thriller as corruption and institutional power converge. An investigative mystery by a titan of the form, Francesco Rosi’s (The Mattei Affair) urgent adaptation of Leonardo Sciascia’s (The Day of the Owl) novel is set to a haunting score by Piero Piccioni (The Tenth Victim) and features legendary stars Charles Vanel (The Wages of Fear), Max von Sydow (The Exorcist) and Fernando Rey (The French Connection).

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES

• 4K restoration of the film by Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata and The Film Foundation
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Audio commentary by filmmaker Alex Cox (2021)
• Archival interview with director Francesco Rosi (1976)
• Archival interview with Francesco Rosi and Lino Ventura (1976)
• New interview with Gaetana Marrone, author of The Cinema of Francesco Rosi (2025)
• Trailer
• Gallery
• Optional English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film by Michael Atkinson, and newly translated writing by and interview with Rosi
  
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Year: 1976
Country: Italy
Cert: 12
Format: Blu-ray
Region: AB
RAD152BDLE
EAN: 5060974683017
Release date: 26/01/26

Press:

"Illustrious Corpses boasts grown-up filmmaking, of a now unfamiliar strain; it’s ominous, oblique, unrushed, and altogether grave. A must-see" - The New Yorker