Name: Il Commissario Montalbano
Released: 1999-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Peppino Mazzotta, Cesare Bocci, Luca Zingaretti

TV Show · International · Crime

Murder, betrayal, office politics, temptation... it's all in a day's work for Detective Salvo Montalbano. The series stars Luca Zingaretti and is based on the best-selling mystery novels by Andrea Camilleri. Filmed in the historic Sicilian province of Ragusa, these nostalgic stories of life, love and loss come from Camilleri's memories of his childhood hometown.

1999 · 1h 45m

Starring Peppino Mazzotta, Cesare Bocci, Luca Zingaretti

Director Alberto Sironi

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

In Italian with English subtitles. An elderly import-export merchant is found murdered and a young woman who may have been mixed up with him disappears the same day. Suspecting terrorist involvement, Montalbano has to connect the dots, quick. That and find out who's been stealing some schoolkids' lunches.

1h 34m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

In Italian with English subtitles. Dozing off en route to a funeral, Montalbano is awakened when his driver crashes next to a seemingly abandoned villa. Nosing around, he finds a corpse and uncovers the secret lives of many people in Vigata. What does it all have to do with a stolen violin?

1h 40m
EPISODE 1

Episode 3

In Italian with English subtitles. When a prominent citizen is found dead in an embarrassing position in his car, the coroner rules heart attack, but Montalbano isn't buying it. And he doesn't buy the very circumstantial case built up against the Swedish daughter in-law of the local MP, either.

1h 41m
EPISODE 2

Episode 4

In Italian with English subtitles. With a Mafia kingpin who wants to talk, a menacing hit man, and a secret cavern, Detective Montalbano's got his hands full. They all point to what may or may not be a half-century old crime.

1h 34m
EPISODE 1

Episode 5

In Italian with English subtitles. An elderly couple vanishes during a scenic bus trip and a computer expert is found dead. Montalbano thinks the two cases are related, but he has to interview a busload of Sicilian senior citizens to get to the bottom of it.

1h 55m
EPISODE 2

Episode 6

In Italian with English subtitles. It appears the goldsmith rigged his own wheelchair into a suicidal electric chair. Questions arise when it's revealed that his will, which promised everything to his brother, is a forged document. Two brothers' love for the same woman and revenge are just the beginning of this puzzle for Detective Montalbano.

1h 34m