Alessandro Momo (Giovanni Bertazzi, aka Ciccio) died on 20 November 1974 (shortly after the shooting of the movie was completed) in Rome, Italy (motorcycle accident) not far from the filming locations.
An adaptation of Giovanni Arpino's novel "Il buio e il miele" ("Darkness and honey").
Remade in 1992 with Al Pacino and Chris O'Donnell.