Wake Up and Die
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Carlo Lizzani
Robert Hoffmann
Lisa Gastoni
Gian Maria Volontè
Claudio Camaso
Renato Nicolai
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Luciano Lutring, a petty Italian thief, jumps from a window to escape from a police roundup, leaving behind a stolen machine gun he had planned to sell in the black market. A Milan newspaper picks up the minor incident under a banner headline, and Lutring suddenly gains the reputation of a major criminal. Crimes he never committed are blamed on him and he becomes known as "The Elusive Shadow." While the police cooperate with the newspapers to dupe more dangerous criminals into believing that all police efforts are directed toward capturing the thief, Lutring himself begins to believe his own publicity and, for the first time in his life, starts shooting to kill. His wife, Yvonne, a former stripteaser, realizes that the only way to save Lutring is to turn informer, so she offers to help the police capture him. Lutring, now as crafty as his myth purports him to be, eludes the trap that is set for him and escapes to France. As both the Milan and Paris police chiefs compete in their attempts to capture Lutring, Yvonne crosses the border secretly in the hope of saving her husband; but Lutring, now an irrational, bloodthirsty criminal, is shot and captured.
Director
Carlo Lizzani
Cast
Robert Hoffmann
Lisa Gastoni
Gian Maria Volontè
Claudio Camaso
Renato Nicolai
Ottavio Fanfani
Giovanni De Luca
Corrado Olmi
Aldo Suligoi
Augusto Bonardi
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in Rome in April 1966 as Svegliati e uccidi (Lutring); running time: 118 min; in Paris in March 1968 as Lutring ... Réveille-toi et meurs; running time: 124 min.
