The Year of the Cannibals (1969)
On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. No one can give them a resting place because of a law enacted by a repressive State. But the young Antigone, with the help of a foreigner, Tiresias, violates this rule in the name of pietas, undermining the established order.
Director:
Liliana Cavani
Writer:
Italo Moscati
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Britt Ekland as Antigone |
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Pierre Clémenti as Tiresia |
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Tomas Milian as Emone |
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Delia Boccardo as Ismene |
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Marino Masé as Ismene's Fiancé |
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Francesco Leonetti as Prime Minister |
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Alfredo Bianchini as |
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Alessandro Cane as National Security Commissioner |
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Cora Mazzoni as Antigone's Mother |
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Francesco Arminio as Antigone's Father |
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Giampiero Frondini as Anchorman #1 |
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Sergio Serafini as Military Interrogator |
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Giancarlo Caio as |
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Carla Cassola as Rebel |
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Massimo Castri as Rebel |
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Giselda Castrini as Rebel |
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Dino Desiata as Rebel |
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Marco Gagliardo as Rebel |
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Graziano Giusti as Rebel |
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Renato Montanari as Rebel |
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Giancarlo Palermo as Rebel |
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Antonio Piovanelli as Rebel |
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Alberto Rossatti as Rebel |
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Renato Scarpa as Rebel (uncredited) |
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Bruno Alias as Capitalist (uncredited) |
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Filippo Perego as Capitalist (uncredited) |
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Osvaldo Peccioli as Capitalist (uncredited) |
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Antonio Anelli as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Tonino Tommasi as Officers Club Guard (uncredited) |
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Pietro Valpreda as Policeman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Liliana Cavani | Director |
| Production | Bino Cicogna | Producer |
| Production | Enzo Doria | Producer |
| Art | Ezio Frigerio | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ezio Frigerio | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franco Schioppa | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Raul Montesanti | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Renato Marinelli | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Pescucci | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Liliana Cavani | Writer |
| Writing | Italo Moscati | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sophocles | Theatre Play |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Sound | Bruno Nicolai | Conductor |
| Camera | Giulio Albonico | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Gianni Amelio | Assistant Director |