Illustrious Corpses (1976): Cast & Plot

The film opens in a Palermo tense with demonstrations, strikes, and a broader clash between the Left and the Christian Democratic government. The first victim is Varga, an investigating judge whose death rattles the city. The police assign Rogas to lead the case, but almost as soon as he begins, two more judges are killed. All three victims had collaborated on previous cases, suggesting a link beyond random violence. Rogas’s superiors urge him to abandon rumors and instead chase a tangible suspect, the “crazy lunatic who for no reason whatever is going about murdering judges,” a directive that only deepens the sense of a political trap around him.