La piovra

TV Series
1984–2001
TV-14
6h

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Raoul Bova, Giuliana de Sio, Remo Girone, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, and Michele Placido in La piovra (1984)

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An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays ... Read allAn epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.An epic crime saga of power, money, violence and corruption. the mafia controls everything through local and international networks like an octopus, anyone who tries to bring them down pays the ultimate price.

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8.4/10

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Awards
- 5 wins

Episodes48

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Trivia
Considered one of the most internationally-successful Italian television series of all time, exported to over 80 countries with average domestic viewership of 10 million during its run, peaking at 15 million.

Quotes
Comtessa Raffaella Pecci Scialoia: I'm so scared of death... It's always so... unexpected.

Connections
Featured in The Other Day 1961-2003: Our Era: Namedni 1986 (1997)

Soundtracks
My Heart and I
Written by Leonie Gane, Amii Stewart, Andrea Morricone, Ennio Morricone
Performed by Amii Stewart
(closing theme)

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10/10

One of the best TV series ever.

La Piovra, or SPRUT in Russian, the version that I saw as a boy in early nineties is nothing short of a masterpiece. American audiences are all over the Sopranos, a good series in its own right, but that is because they did not experience La Piovra.

The story of the series at first follows Commissar Cattani and his relentless fight against the Italian mafia and the corrupt bureaucracy. Every episode is full of smart dialogs, rich characters, suspenseful plot,and action. The newer episodes follow the work of a new commissar (I don't want to give away why this happens, watch it and you will see), who just like his predecessor selflessly fights the mob.

The series is mostly shot in Italy and later on in Czech Republic I believe, so scenery does change.

Fortunately for me the local Los Angeles Armenian mom and pop video stores carry the Russian language VHS tapes of the complete series as it was shown in the early nineties, all I need now is a summer holiday to re watch the whole series, it is absolutely worth it.