Character Relationship Map: Killer Cop

Characters

• Commissioner Matteo Rolandi (played by Claudio Cassinelli) — protagonist
• Armando Di Federico (played by Arthur Kennedy) — protagonist
• Luigi Balsamo (played by Franco Fabrizi) — supporting
• Papaya Girotti (played by Sara Sperati) — supporting
• Minister (as Adelio Jotta) (played by Elio Jotta) — supporting
• Franco Ludovisi (played by Bruno Zanin) — supporting
• Di Federico's Wife (played by Giuseppina Pentimalli) — minor
• Secret Agent Tailing Rolandi (played by Sergio Tardioli) — minor
• Di Federico's Assistant (played by Guido Spadea) — minor
• Bondi (played by Francesco D'Adda) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Di Federico's Wife → Armando Di Federico (wife)
• Di Federico's Assistant → Armando Di Federico (assistant)
• Commissioner Matteo Rolandi → Minister (as Adelio Jotta) (Professional Institutional Counterpart) — The assistant is connected to the political administration confronting Rolandi's inquiry.

  The Minister's office is involved in pressuring officials over the bombing investigation, and the listed Minister Assistant belongs to that institutio...

• Commissioner Matteo Rolandi → Luigi Balsamo (Professional Colleague) — They are police colleagues operating within the same investigative environment.

  The plot presents Luigi Balsamo as Rolandi's police colleague during the investigation and also shows Luigi becoming involved with a young woman conne...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Commissioner Matteo Rolandi → Franco Ludovisi (Narrative Investigator And Subject) — Rolandi investigates the identity and fate of Franco Ludovisi.

  Rolandi's inquiry leads to De Marchi identifying the man as Franco Ludovisi, after which Franco becomes frightened and is placed at the center of the...

• Papaya Girotti → Franco Ludovisi (Alliance Protector) — Papaya actively assists Franco after he becomes endangered.

  When Franco says that people want to kill him, Papaya helps him obtain a new pair of glasses and considers arranging his escape to Switzerland.

• Secret Agent Tailing Rolandi → Commissioner Matteo Rolandi (Conflict Surveillance) — The secret agent monitors Rolandi and represents pressure against his independent investigation.

  The role is identified as a secret agent tailing Rolandi, establishing that Rolandi is being watched while pursuing his own inquiry.

• Commissioner Matteo Rolandi → Minister (as Adelio Jotta) (Conflict Political Opponent) — Rolandi's investigative independence conflicts with the Minister's political concerns.

  The Minister pressures investigating officials to consider parliament, public opinion, foreign governments, and cooperation with the information servi...

• Commissioner Matteo Rolandi → Bondi (Alliance Investigative Partner) — Bondi supports Rolandi's unauthorized investigative efforts.

  With Bondi's assistance, the police trace two young people who had lived quietly in an apartment on Via dell'Aquila.

Story Analysis

An independent police investigation collides with political pressure while the identity and fate of a threatened man remain unresolved.

Plot Progression

1. Routine Before The Blast — Rolandi is introduced through his ordinary home life and police routine. Luigi's personal involvement provides another connection to the city's developing events before the hotel bombing changes the i...
2. The Bombing Becomes Political — The hotel explosion creates a deadly investigation involving a stolen car and possible drug-ring connections. Political authorities pressure the officials to consider parliament, public opinion, forei...
3. Evidence Against Authority — Rolandi is caught examining evidence without authorization and is ordered away from the case. He nevertheless continues following physical clues with Bondi's assistance.
4. The Man Behind The Name — The investigation traces two residents of Via dell'Aquila and identifies the man as Franco Ludovisi, though the name may be false. Franco's fear reveals that the identification places him in immediate...
5. An Unresolved Reckoning — Papaya tries to protect Franco by obtaining new glasses and considering an escape to Switzerland. Franco is found in a hotel, and the final interrogation leaves the bombing and his fate unresolved.