Unfair Competition () is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It was filmed in Cinecittà and some of its sets were used by Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York, as Ettore Scola said in Néstor Birri's book.
Plot Rome 1938, Umberto (Diego Abatantuono) and Leone (Sergio Castellitto) own adjacent clothing stores, on the same street. Umberto is Catholic, Leone is Jewish. Racial Laws are approved in Italy in 1938 after Hitler's visit to Rome (see also Ettore Scola's A Special Day).
Cast Diego Abatantuono as Umberto Melchiorri Sergio Castellitto as Leone Della Rocca Gérard Depardieu as Professor Angelo Antonella Attili as Giuditta Della Rocca Jean-Claude Brialy as Grandad Mattia Della Rocca Claude Rich as Count Treuberg Elio Germano as Paolo Melchiorri Sabrina Impacciatore as Matilde Rolando Ravello as Ignazietto Paspinelli Claudio Bigagli as Commissioner Collegiani Emanuele Salce as agent Tramontana
Awards 23rd Moscow International Film Festival Best Director 6 Nastro d'Argento nominations David di Donatello Best Production Design
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