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[[Image:The 10th Victim-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The 10th Victim (La decima vittima)'' (1965)]] | [[Image:The 10th Victim-poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''The 10th Victim (La decima vittima)'' (1965)]] | ||
'''The 10th Victim (La decima vittima)''' is a 1965 Italian/French action futuristic espionage comedy directed by [[Elio Petri]] on based Robert Sheckley 's 1953 short story "Seventh Victim". In 2000, private | '''The 10th Victim (La decima vittima)''' is a 1965 Italian/French action futuristic espionage comedy directed by [[Elio Petri]] on based Robert Sheckley 's 1953 short story "Seventh Victim". In the far off year of 2000, a private Hunt Club is created at the global level whose members, linked by computer, participate in ten hunts - alternating one as a hunter, the next as a victim. The game has a total of 10 hunts and whoever wins all ten hunts, gains immense popularity, a lot of money, a car, various discounts and benefits, etc. For American Caroline Meredith ([[Ursula Andress]]) the computer selects Italian Marcello Polletti ([[Marcello Mastroianni]]) as her tenth victim. The Hunter knows all about his or her victims, but the victim is only told that a hunt has started with him/her as the victim. Marcello is reluctant to kill Meredith because he is not sure whether she is his hunter and for killing non-participating person(s) one is given thirty years in prison. To maximize financial gain, Meredith has to kill her victim in front of the cameras as she has negotiated a major sponsor from the Ming Tea Company. But she falls in love with Marcello and devises a ruse how to outwit all - the Hunt Club agency, Marcello´s ex-wife and his Marcello's mistress. | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 24 May 2012
The 10th Victim (La decima vittima) is a 1965 Italian/French action futuristic espionage comedy directed by Elio Petri on based Robert Sheckley 's 1953 short story "Seventh Victim". In the far off year of 2000, a private Hunt Club is created at the global level whose members, linked by computer, participate in ten hunts - alternating one as a hunter, the next as a victim. The game has a total of 10 hunts and whoever wins all ten hunts, gains immense popularity, a lot of money, a car, various discounts and benefits, etc. For American Caroline Meredith (Ursula Andress) the computer selects Italian Marcello Polletti (Marcello Mastroianni) as her tenth victim. The Hunter knows all about his or her victims, but the victim is only told that a hunt has started with him/her as the victim. Marcello is reluctant to kill Meredith because he is not sure whether she is his hunter and for killing non-participating person(s) one is given thirty years in prison. To maximize financial gain, Meredith has to kill her victim in front of the cameras as she has negotiated a major sponsor from the Ming Tea Company. But she falls in love with Marcello and devises a ruse how to outwit all - the Hunt Club agency, Marcello´s ex-wife and his Marcello's mistress.
The following weapons were used in the movie The 10th Victim (La decima vittima):
Baby Browning
Browning Hi-Power
The men working for the agency armed by Browning Hi-Power pistol.
Derringer pocket pistols
Luger P08
Mauser C96
M1911 pistol
Chinese man (George Wang) which has the task of killing Caroline Meredith as his "victim", uses M1911 pistol.
Walther P38
Olga (Elsa Martinelli) shoots after Marcello and Caroline from a Walther P38 pistol.
Unidentified revolver
Winchester Model 1873
Marcella and Caroline clash with ex-wife Lidia (Lucy Bonifassy) and mistress Olga in ancient scenery with Winchester Model 1873 rifles.
Thompson Submachine Gun
The shooting bra
Caroline Meredith (Ursula Andress) by her secret weapon in bra kill Chinese man.
Kampfpistole Z
On board the aircraft had caught Marcella's "hunter" in the pilot's uniform with Kampfpistole Z.
