- Country: Germany, Italy, Sweden
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Release: 1997-10-05
- Director: Giacomo Battiato
- Writers: Umberto Contarello , Andrea Porporati , Alessandro Sermoneta , Sergio Silva
- Language: Italian | English | Latin
- Stars: Raoul Bova , Anja Kling , Luca Zingaretti , Fabrizio Contri , Primo Reggiani , Primo Reggiani , Andrea Lorina , Mietta , Ferdinando Murolo , Vincenzo Peluso , Luigi Maria Burruano
- Runtime: 220 min
- Awards: 1 win.
- AKA: La piovra 8 - Lo scandalo , Спрут 8 (Russian Federation) , Solange es Liebe gibt - Teil 1 Das Verbrechen (Germany) , Ośmiornica 8 (Poland) , Lo scandalo , The Octopus 8 - The Scandal , Lo scandalo (Italy) , The Octopus 8 (Australia) , Solange es Liebe gibt - Teil 2 Die Rache (Germany) , O Polvo 8 - O Escândalo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
- Plot: The history of Italian Maffia from the 1950s to the 1960s - a prequel to the events told in "La Piovra" other mini-series.
- IMDB:tt0178157
La piovra 8 – Lo scandalo Cast
Giacomo Battiato
Director
Raoul Bova
Capt. Carlo Arcuti
Anja Kling
Barbara Greenberg Altamura
Luca Zingaretti
Pietro Favignana
Fabrizio Contri
Francesco Altamura
Primo Reggiani
Tano Tanuzzu
Primo Reggiani
Cariddi
Andrea Lorina
Paul Altamura
Mietta
Rosaria Albanese
Ferdinando Murolo
Toni Marciano
Vincenzo Peluso
Saro Viccari
Luigi Maria Burruano
Teti, a lawyer