The 10th Victim (1965) (2024)

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1965

La decima vittima

Directed by Elio Petri

Synopsis

It's the 21st century and they have a licence to kill.

In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.

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Cast

Marcello Mastroianni Ursula Andress Elsa Martinelli Salvo Randone Massimo Serato Milo Quesada Luce Bonifassy George Wang Evi Rigano Walter Williams Richard Armstrong Antonio Ciani Anita Sanders Pier Paolo Capponi Jacques Herlin Wolfgang Hillinger Mickey Knox Gino Pernice Massimo Righi Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

DirectorDirector

Elio Petri

ProducerProducer

Carlo Ponti

WritersWriters

Elio Petri Ennio Flaiano Tonino Guerra Giorgio Salvioni

Original WriterOriginal Writer

Robert Sheckley

EditorEditor

Ruggero Mastroianni

CinematographyCinematography

Gianni Di Venanzo

Assistant DirectorAsst. Director

Berto Pelosso

Camera OperatorCamera Operator

Pasqualino De Santis

Additional PhotographyAdd. Photography

Mario Masini

Production DesignProduction Design

Piero Poletto

Set DecorationSet Decoration

Dario Micheli Giovanni Checchi

ComposerComposer

Piero Piccioni

SoundSound

Carlo Palmieri Ennio Sensi Emilio Rosa

Costume DesignCostume Design

Giulio Coltellacci

MakeupMakeup

Giuseppe Banchelli

HairstylingHairstyling

Lina Cassini

Studios

C. C. Champion Les Films Concordia

Countries

Italy France

Language

Italian

Alternative Titles

The Tenth Victim, A Décima Vítima, La Decima Vittima, Das 10. Opfer, Десята жертва, La Dixième Victime, Das zehnte Opfer, La víctima número 10, Десятая жертва, A zecea victimă, Det tiende offer, Десетата жертва, A tizedik áldozat, 제10의 도망자, ΤΟ Δέκατο Θύμα, دهمین قربانی, 第十个牺牲者, Desmitais upuris, La desena víctima, Kymmenes uhri, Dziesiąta ofiara, Det 10:e offret

Genres

Drama Science Fiction Comedy

Themes

Relationship comedy Dreamlike, quirky, and surreal storytelling Surreal and thought-provoking visions of life and death Show All…

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Premiere

26 Jan 2004
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (3)CzechiaFebio FilmFestival

30 Sep 2010
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (4)IcelandReykjavik International FilmFestival

Theatrical limited

02 Dec 1965
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (6)Italy

Theatrical

03 Dec 1965
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (7)Italy

20 Dec 1965
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (8)USA

24 Mar 1966
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (9)Denmark

05 Aug 1966
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (10)Germany

10 Feb 1967
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (11)France

06 Apr 1967
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (12)Uruguay

19 Jun 1967
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (13)Sweden

24 Jul 1967
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (14)Turkey

26 Oct 1967
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (15)Netherlands

01 Jan 1968
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (16)UK

19 Jul 1968
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (17)Ireland

11 Oct 1968
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (18)Finland

24 Jan 1969
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (19)Japan

18 Apr 1977
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (20)Spain

28 Jan 2015
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (21)France

14 Nov 2020
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (22)Greece

Physical

10 Mar 2014
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (23)UK18

TV

02 Mar 1991
  • The 10th Victim (1965) (24)Hungary

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The 10th Victim (1965) (25)Australia
15 Aug 2017
  • PremiereMelbourne International FilmFestival
The 10th Victim (1965) (26)Czechia
26 Jan 2004
  • PremiereFebio FilmFestival
The 10th Victim (1965) (27)Denmark
24 Mar 1966
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (28)Finland
11 Oct 1968
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (29)France
10 Feb 1967
  • Theatrical
28 Jan 2015
  • TheatricalRestoredversion
The 10th Victim (1965) (30)Germany
05 Aug 1966
  • TheatricalWestGermany
The 10th Victim (1965) (31)Greece
14 Nov 2020
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (32)Hungary
02 Mar 1991
  • TV
The 10th Victim (1965) (33)Iceland
30 Sep 2010
  • PremiereReykjavik International FilmFestival
The 10th Victim (1965) (34)Ireland
19 Jul 1968
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (35)Italy
02 Dec 1965
  • Theatrical limitedFlorence,Rome
03 Dec 1965
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (36)Japan
24 Jan 1969
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (37)Netherlands
26 Oct 1967
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (38)Spain
18 Apr 1977
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (39)Sweden
19 Jun 1967
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (40)Turkey
24 Jul 1967
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (41)UK
01 Jan 1968
  • Theatrical
10 Mar 2014
  • Physical18DVD &Blu-ray
The 10th Victim (1965) (42)USA
20 Dec 1965
  • Theatrical
The 10th Victim (1965) (43)Uruguay
06 Apr 1967
  • Theatrical

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  • Review by Matt Winfield ★★★★ 2

    Well within the first five minutes of this flick, one guy gets shot and killed by a pair of boobs at point blank, and another guy gets exploded out of his boots, also killing him in the process. All happening after a laugh filled shootout in the streets. Yeah, I'd say that's a pretty good way to open a movie. Eat your heart out, Touch of Evil!

    The 10th Victim is set in the far flung future of 19xx, where war has been abolished, and to satisfy the urge to kill, people can join in The Hunt. Once you kill your 10th victim, you get showered with money and fame. Ursula Andress just killed her 9th victim in boobtacular fashion,…

  • Review by Justin Peterson ★★★★ 2

    (Guest Podcast Appearance with The Cinematic Underdogs)

    (Foreign language film/English dub available)

    A battle of the sexes take on the familiar human deathmatch scenario, served up as a satirical rump with a European sci-fi arthouse aesthetic.

    "The rules of the Big Hunt are quite easy, yet they are of great importance. The 21st Century... shall be the one that has legalized violence!"

    Things not only get steamy but also absurdly comical as Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress chase after each other in a deadly game of survival, seduction, and social commentary. So what are you in store for with The 10th Victim ... how about a pre Austin Powers Fem-bot, an explosive Nazi boot heal click, a tricky but smoking…

  • Review by Mark Cunliffe 🇵🇸 ★★★★ 7

    Weirdly wonderful, ice cool, kitsch, pop arty, satirical and instantly iconic, The 10th Victim is a joyously fun slice of 60s Italian cinema.

    What's not to like about a film in which Ursula Andress - at her peak - has a bra that shoots bullets?!

    The notion of a worldwide officially sanctioned Hunt, legalized killings being conducted by competitors operating as Victims and Hunters, in order to stave off societies desire for world wars is an interesting notion too, and one that has been copied and explored several times over, including the recent success of The Hunger Games.

    The over reliance of the organ in the film's score is a bit trying though.

  • Review by Cinematic Underdogs ★★★★ 1

    The pop art, Andy Warhol-esque, vintage-style comic book aesthetics of The 10th Victim are a sight to behold — from the sleek opening NYC chase sequence to the elegant Roman Coliseum finish. Starring Fellini’s beloved Marcello Mastroianni and a super sultry Ursula Andress, this futuristic, swinging-sixties satire on media/paparazzi culture is flimsy in plotting but salacious in theory. It’s very much an ironic product of its own ire — a kitschy middle finger to the very Ming Tea/advertisement-adjacent superficiality it playfully parodies. A hell of a fun time, regardless — but there’s definitely brains behind its dimwitted bimbo vs. himbo premise.

    The message is enmeshed within the medium — and perhaps rendered moot for many, who choose to spend the…

  • Review by 💀🪦Jenna RIPcar🪦💀 ★★★★★

    Uh holy shit, instant classic. Amazing 60s future outfits, Jazz men on cubes, a Bureau of Murder, beautiful sites in Rome, spikey boob guns, a glass house full of paper mache figures cause ‘future art,’ Marcello Mastroianni with a bad haircut but still lookin' fine, Ursula Andress in Barbie pink booty cleavage pants, a fully choreographed and televized execution.... What DOESNT this movie have?!?!

    Never mind Austin Powers, Putting bets on the fact this shit influenced Kubrick’sClockwork Orangein style, violence and levity. Definitely way heavier on the levity and camp factor though. This was a ridiculous wild ride with a perfectly over the top happy ending. Like oh man. Add a bubblegum yeye jazz soundtrack into the mix and you got my heart, baby. Great satire on capitalism and violence to boot.

  • Review by eely 👻 ★★★★ 1

    caroline has:

    1. a sparkly silver bra that shoots bullets out the front
    2. incredible hair
    3. nine confirmed kills under her belt

    caroline is:

    1. my hero

  • Review by Dr. Ethan Lyon ★★★★ 7

    1st Elio Petri

    A whacked out mod dystopia, where reality television and the spectacle of live death have crashed into the capitalist nightmare with deadly consequences; human hunting is not only legal, but an integral part of the world economy. Petri and Ponti take this as the starting point for a ferociously black comedy that pokes more fun at the outdated divorce laws of Italy and the toxic masculinity inherent in the system, having Mastroianni’s womanising playboy comes up against his equal in ice-Queen Ursula Andress’s ruthless American assassin, his prescribed ‘hunter’. An elaborate game of cat and mouse takes place in and around Rome, both sides looking to lure the other, but for Andress, it’s an opportunity to make…

  • Review by ELECTRICWIZARDx ★★★ 1

    Post-most dangerous game painted in shades of pre-Battle Royale, Purge and Austin Powers machine gun Jubblies painted on to Italo-cheap retrofuturism that approaches Uncle Jess levels of weird worldness, complete with primary colours, transparent inflatables and geometric shaped furniture and tools.

    A geneva-based computer assigning hunters and huntees to one another to kill or be killed, or to beat the odds and win a mill. Solving war is easy, eh? 60s charm and campy capers, awash with swinging sensibilities, warring sun and moon cults and dogshit dubbing plus a budget blonde Italian version of Steve McQueen, as a complicated relationship throws a spanner in the works and hopefully a murder into the advertising world.

    Mindless Italian camp. A neccessary good in the world.

  • Review by ScreeningNotes ★★★ 1

    The Years of LeadBook Out Now!

    Because of The 10th Victim's dystopian science-fiction elements, the most obvious comparison seems to be calling this Elio Petri's The Hunger Games, but while the similarities are certainly there, the politics of the film's premise reminded me more of The Purge. In ultra-modern future-Italy, the Big Hunt "has brought morality to this century" by "legaliz[ing] violence," but only for those who sign up to take part. Participants are paired off into "hunters" and "victims," and whoever kills the other is given prize money. If you survive ten rounds, you become a superstar mega-celebrity: you get a massive cash reward, you don't have to pay taxes, you receive a vast array of social…

  • Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★★ 1

    54/100

    Certainly the goofiest homicide-as-contest picture I've ever seen, as well as the one least interested in overt sociopolitical commentary. (The most biting stuff is in the margins, e.g. Italians hiding their elderly parents in secret rooms rather than turn them over to the government, presumably to be euthanized.) Mastroianni seems even more bored than Andress, incredibly, which is a problem given that the narrative is heavier on psychological manipulation than on physical action. Worth seeing, if at all, mostly for its sheer '60s grooviness (tacky sets, eye-searing costumes, a score that sounds like Esquivel crossed with the Lolita "ya ya" song), plus such absurd, quickly forgotten details as Mastroianni's plan to kill Andress by catapulting her into a swimming pool containing a hungry shark.

  • Review by noir1946 ★★★½ 2

    “When you’re in love, you always make mistakes.”

    Elio Petri’s The 10th Victim is a satire about consumerism, advertising, television, and bourgeois boredom. Its treatment of decadence and ennui could be seen as a spoof of how these subjects are treated by Antonioni and Fellini. Although the term rom-com wasn’t around in 1965, although the genre was, it also comes in for some kidding. The main things the film has going for it are its pop art look and the presence of Ursula Andress and Marcello Mastroianni in their prime.

    The 10th Victim gets off to a blazing start with a clear explanation of the Big Hunt in which participants kill each other for fun and profit. We see Caroline…

  • Review by Fabian ★★★½ 9

    Elio Petri's delightfully deranged The 10th Victim is a silly, yet supremely entertaining glimpse of Italian camp. A satirical deconstruction of gender dynamics in a slick aesthetic of Euro-futurism, it might simultaneously have been an Italian response to the sophisticated gadgetry of the James Bond series in its early roots, as well as a precursor to more mainstream-appropriate movies centered around dystopian reality TV depictions of death hunts (think Battle Royale, The Hunger Games, The Hunt) – and, of course, also an inspiration to the fun parodies of the Austin Powers series.

    It's enormously fun to watch such fundamentally differing versions of the future in the science-fiction genre of the 1960s, as technological advancement began to enable more sophisticated futuristic…

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