The Traitor
A Mafia don torn between loyalty and survival turns informant in a high-stakes bid to dismantle Cosa Nostra from within.
“The true story about the man who brought down the Mafia”
Synopsis
In 1980, Palermo, Sicily, Tommaso Buscetta, a member of the Mafia, decides to move to Brazil with his family to escape the ongoing conflict between rival clans within the criminal organization. After enduring various hardships, he is compelled to return to Italy, where he makes a decisive and consequential choice that will alter both his own fate and the future of Cosa Nostra.
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Principal cast & crew: 26
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Edited by Francesca CalvelliShot by Vladan RadovicScored by Nicola PiovaniDesigned by Andrea Castorina
Also known as
- Il Traditore – Als Kronzeuge gegen die Cosa Nostrade
- The Traitoren
- Il traditore - Le traîtrefr
- Le Traîtrefr
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Cast & Crew
26 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Pierfrancesco Favino
as Tommaso Buscetta
Maria Fernanda Candido
as Maria Cristina de Almeida Guimarães
Fabrizio Ferracane
as Pippo Calò
Fausto Russo Alesi
as Giovanni Falcone
Luigi Lo Cascio
as Salvatore Contorno
Bruno Cariello
as Alfonso Giordano
Nicola Cali
as Totò Riina
Giovanni Calcagno
as Tano Badalamenti
Vincenzo Pirrotta
as Luciano Liggio
Bebo Storti
as Franco Coppi
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