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Inspector Montalbano

Inspector Montalbano

★ 8.3/10•1999•1h 40m•TV-PG•Action & Adventure•Crime•Drama
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Inspector Montalbano is an Italian television series produced and broadcast by RAI since 1999, based on the detective novels of Andrea Camilleri. The protagonist is Commissario Salvo Montalbano, and the stories are set in the imaginary town of Vigata, Sicily. In 2012 the series generated a prequel, Il giovane Montalbano.

Alberto Sironi · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageIT
First Air DateMay 6, 1999

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Snack ThiefE1105m

The Snack Thief

Detective Montalbano investigates the murder of a local businessman called Lapecora. Lapecora's widow suspects that he was killed by his lover Karima, a young Tunisian woman who mysteriously disappeared on the day of the murder. After succeeding in tracking down Karima's five-year-old son Francois, Montalbano realises that the case might be linked to that of a Tunisian man, also killed in mysterious circumstances on the same day that Lapecora died. Meanwhile, Montalbano's partner Livia, who has been entrusted with looking after Francois, becomes very attached to the young orphaned boy.

May 6, 1999

Episode 2 - The Voice of the ViolinE2105m

The Voice of the Violin

When the naked dead body of a young woman is found in a villa outside Vigata, Montalbano discovers that she had recently bought the villa and was in the process of restoring it using her wealthy husband's money. When the case is taken from Montalbano and given to rival inspector Panzacchi from nearby Montelusa, Panzacchi draws some easy conclusions and the investigation risks going badly off course. Will a proud Montalbano stick his neck out to regain control of the case or will he allow his incompetent colleagues to pin the murder on the wrong suspect?

May 13, 1999

Actors

Luca Zingaretti

Luca Zingaretti

Salvo Montalbano

Peppino Mazzotta

Peppino Mazzotta

Giuseppe Fazio

Angelo Russo

Angelo Russo

Catarella

Cesare Bocci

Cesare Bocci

Domenico "Mimì" Augello

Marcello Perracchio

Marcello Perracchio

Dottor Pasquano

Davide Lo Verde

Davide Lo Verde

Agente Galluzzo

Roberto Nobile

Roberto Nobile

Nicolò Zito

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