How to Kill a Judge

In How to Kill a Judge, Franco Nero (Django) plays filmmaker Giacomo Solaris, whose latest film features a judge corrupted by the mafia and who is later killed. The real judge the character is based on seizes the film but is later found murdered. Feeling a degree of responsibility, Solaris investigates through his police and mafia advisors, but as the assassinations increase around him, will he reach the source of the conspiracy?

Full of twists and a fascinating meta-commentary on cinema that derives from a highly personal approach to the subject matter inspired by real-life events, director Damiano Damiani (Day of the Owl) points the camera at himself and the genre in this fascinating exploration of the social impact of the mafia.

Bonus Materials

• 2K restoration of the film from the original negative presented in Italian and English audio options
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
• New interview with star Franco Nero (2022, 13 mins)
• New interview with Alberto Pezzotta, author of Regia Damiano Damiani (2022, 34 mins)
• Lessons in Violence: A new video essay on the film by filmmaker David Cairns (2023, 22 mins)
• English and Italian Trailers
• New and improved optional English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio