Inspector Montalbano(1999)
Inspector Montalbano is an Italian television series produced and broadcast by RAI since 1999, based on the detective novels of Andrea Camilleri. The protagonist is Commissario Salvo Montalbano, and the stories are set in the imaginary town of Vigata, Sicily. In 2012 the series generated a prequel, Il giovane Montalbano.
- Created by:
- Andrea Camilleri
- First aired:
- 1999-05-06
- Country:
- IT
- Network:
- Rai 2, Rai 1
Episodes
1. The Shape of Water
★ 5.82000-05-02 · 110m
Mr Luparello, a renowned local engineer and leading political figure, is found dead in a car at a notorious prostitution spot on the outskirts of Vigata. The coroner rules that he died of a heart attack following an amorous encounter. Fending off pressure from prominent ecclesiastical figures who wish to keep the case under wraps and navigating the intricacies of local party politics, Montalbano goes about making sense of the available evidence, including the incongruous discovery of an expensive necklace found at the site of the murder.
2. The Mystery of the Terracotta Dog
★ 8.32000-05-09 · 100m
A criminal turned state witness informs Montalbano of an arms stash in a cave just outside Vigata. Also uncovered in the cave is a secret chamber where the bodies of two lovers, killed sometime in the 1940s, were buried in a bizarre ritual. An intrigued Montalbano must challenge the Mafia and deal with the arms cache before he can investigate this second find.
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Cast
Luca Zingaretti
Salvo Montalbano
Peppino Mazzotta
Giuseppe Fazio
Angelo Russo
Catarella
Cesare Bocci
Domenico "Mimì" Augello
Marcello Perracchio
Dottor Pasquano
Davide Lo Verde
Agente Galluzzo
Roberto Nobile
Nicolò Zito
