Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
Overview
Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 0.4803 |
Directed By
Mario Martone
Crew
Claudio Vecchio
Daghi Rondanini
Angelo Curti
Mario Martone
Valia Santella
Mario Martone
Carlotta Cristiani
Fabrizia Ramondino
Fabrizia Ramondino
Antonietta De Lillo
Stefano Incerti
Alessandro Dionisio
Pasquale Mari
Costanza Boccardi
Hubert Nijhuis
Ilaria Fraioli
Giorgio Magliulo
Alessandro Scippa
Lello Becchimanzi
Gian Enrico Bianchi
Alessandro Saulini
Renato Siniscalchi
Bruno Memoli
Frazer Laing
Paola Simone
Rita Mazzanti
Alfonso Vicari
Bruno Scucces
Fausto Ancillai
Giuseppe Sportiello
Nando Cirelli
Maria Pennacchio
Anna Tramontano
Raffaele Di Florio
Luigi Boscaino
Cesare Accetta
Sergio Marra
Carlo Sbordone
Mario Martone
Luca Bigazzi
Michele Campanella
Jacopo Quadri
Metella Raboni
Giancarlo Muselli
TOP CAST
Carlo Cecchi
Renato Caccioppoli
Anna Bonaiuto
Anna
Renato Carpentieri
Luigi Caccioppoli
Toni Servillo
Pietro
Antonio Neiwiller
Don Simplicio
Licia Maglietta
Emilia
Fulvia Carotenuto
Lina
Roberto De Francesco
Leonardo
Andrea Renzi
Leo
Alessandra D'Elia
Stella
Annalisa Foà
Adele
Lucio Amelio
The Marquis
Vera Lombardi
Maria Bakunin
Lucio Allocca
PCI Leader
Toni Bertorelli
Antonio Alcamo
Nicola Di Pinto
PCI Leader
Franco Javarone
Gentleman (as Franco Iavarone)
Antonino Iuorio
Ferdinando, a journalist
Nello Mascia
PCI Senator
Enzo Moscato
Biondino
Vincenzo Salemme
PCI Activist
Enzo Salomone
Mathematician
Mario Santella
Anarchist
Sergio Solli
Magistrate
Tonino Taiuti
Roberto, a journalist
Pasquale Zito
Man in the waiting room
Ferdinando Sirignano
Man in the waiting room
Anna Annunziata
Woman in the waiting room
Carlo Di Maio
Cop
Beniamino Femiano
Professor
Cesare Accetta
Assistant
Gianfranco Campo
Student
Raffaele Di Florio
Student
Gloria Migliaccio
Student
Michele Moscariello
Student
Maurizio Bizzi
Allocca, the janitor
Michele Lauri
O' Turrese, the beggar
Angelo Bove
Bellhop
Agostino Chiummariello
Bellhop
Rosa Badino
Donna Teresa, the porter
Francesca Amitrano
Child
Donna Esposito
Child
Uta Zulke
German Girl
Gino Curcione
Femminiello
Gennaro Aubry
Femminiello
Emilio Massa
Femminiello
Tonino Ricchezza
Femminiello
Arturo Cirillo
Mario, a student
Peppe Bosone
Peppe, the innkeeper
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