directed by Billy Wilder, starring Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, USA 1951, 111 min., b/w, DCP, original version with Italian subtitles

An unscrupulous reporter in search of a scoop uses the tragedy of a worker trapped in a mine to create a huge media event. With a memorable performance from Kirk Douglas, this is one of Wilder’s bitterest and cruellest masterpieces that offers the audience absolutely no reassuring compromises. Ahead of his time, the brilliant director points his finger of accusation at today’s huge media circus, lashing out both at certain reporters’ greed and at the morbid curiosity of the man in the street.

Image: Ace in the Hole - Courtesy of Park Circus/Paramount.

Informazioni

Admission free while places last. Reservations are required

Sala Cinema - Palazzo Esposizioni Roma

Admission via steps in via Milano 9a

Reservations may be made on the Italian version of this page from 9:00 am on the day before the film is due to be screened until one hour before the performance begins. If for any reason you are unable to come, please remember to cancel the reservation in your basket so that someone else can book the place.