Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992)
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.
Director:
Mario Martone
Writers:
Mario Martone, Fabrizia Ramondino.
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Carlo Cecchi as Renato Caccioppoli |
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Anna Bonaiuto as Anna |
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Renato Carpentieri as Luigi Caccioppoli |
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Toni Servillo as Pietro |
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Antonio Neiwiller as Don Simplicio |
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Licia Maglietta as Emilia |
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Fulvia Carotenuto as Lina |
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Roberto De Francesco as Leonardo |
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Andrea Renzi as Leo |
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Alessandra D'Elia as Stella |
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Annalisa Foà as Adele |
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Lucio Amelio as The Marquis |
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Vera Lombardi as Maria Bakunin |
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Lucio Allocca as PCI Leader |
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Toni Bertorelli as Antonio Alcamo |
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Nicola Di Pinto as PCI Leader |
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Franco Javarone as Gentleman (as Franco Iavarone) |
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Antonino Iuorio as Ferdinando, a journalist |
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Nello Mascia as PCI Senator |
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Enzo Moscato as Biondino |
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Vincenzo Salemme as PCI Activist |
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Enzo Salomone as Mathematician |
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Mario Santella as Anarchist |
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Sergio Solli as Magistrate |
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Tonino Taiuti as Roberto, a journalist |
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Pasquale Zito as Man in the waiting room |
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Ferdinando Sirignano as Man in the waiting room |
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Anna Annunziata as Woman in the waiting room |
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Carlo Di Maio as Cop |
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Antonio Caldarella as Cop |
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Beniamino Femiano as Professor |
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Cesare Accetta as Assistant |
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Gianfranco Campo as Student |
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Raffaele Di Florio as Student |
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Gloria Migliaccio as Student |
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Michele Moscariello as Student |
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Maurizio Bizzi as Allocca, the janitor |
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Michele Lauri as O' Turrese, the beggar |
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Angelo Bove as Bellhop |
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Agostino Chiummariello as Bellhop |
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Rosa Badino as Donna Teresa, the porter |
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Francesca Amitrano as Child |
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Donna Esposito as Child |
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Uta Zulke as German Girl |
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Gino Curcione as Femminiello |
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Gennaro Aubry as Femminiello |
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Emilio Massa as Femminiello |
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Tonino Ricchezza as Femminiello |
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Arturo Cirillo as Mario, a student |
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Peppe Bosone as Peppe, the innkeeper |
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Maria Izzo as Assunta, the innkeeper |
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Max Vajro as Dean |
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Mario Franco as Other Professor |
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Alberto Iuorio as Other Professor |
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Giovanni Polara as Other Professor |
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Luciana Zazzera as Wine Table Girl |
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Giuliana Gargiulo as Woman at Teatro San Carlo |
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Tullia Matania as Virginia |
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Francesco Ruotolo as Giuseppe, a worker |
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Attilio Majolo as Don Nicola, the car parking attendant |
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Livia Patrizi as Examined Student |
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Francesco Biscione as Examined Student |
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Tonino Di Meglio as Marquis' Butler |
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Marco Manchisi as Undertaker |
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Antonello Cossia as Undertaker |
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Mario Porfito as Porter |
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Salvatore Felaco as Porter |
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Lello Salvatori as Giustino Sforza |
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Guido Donatoni as Lawyer |
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Francesco Cutillo as Lawyer |
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Pinotto Merlino as Gentleman |
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Lello Serao as Graveyard Director |
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Patrizio Rispo as Stefanini |
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Vanni Baiano as Anarchist |
| Sound | Hubert Nijhuis | Sound |
| Production | Stefano Incerti | Production Manager |
| Writing | Mario Martone | Screenplay |
| Directing | Valia Santella | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Alessandro Dionisio | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Fabrizia Ramondino | Story |
| Writing | Mario Martone | Story |
| Production | Giorgio Magliulo | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Costanza Boccardi | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Antonietta De Lillo | Associate Producer |
| Production | Claudio Vecchio | Line Producer |
| Editing | Carlotta Cristiani | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Fabrizia Ramondino | Screenplay |
| Art | Pasquale Mari | Assistant Director of Photography |
| Sound | Daghi Rondanini | Music Consultant |
| Editing | Ilaria Fraioli | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Angelo Curti | Producer |
| Directing | Raffaele Di Florio | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Alfonso Vicari | First Assistant Camera |
| Production | Anna Tramontano | Production Accountant |
| Lighting | Alessandro Saulini | Gaffer |
| Production | Renato Siniscalchi | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Mazzanti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Pennacchio | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Nando Cirelli | Grip |
| Camera | Gian Enrico Bianchi | Second Assistant Camera |
| Production | Bruno Memoli | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bruno Scucces | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Lello Becchimanzi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Luigi Boscaino | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Cesare Accetta | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Giuseppe Sportiello | Key Grip |
| Directing | Alessandro Scippa | Assistant Director |
| Production | Paola Simone | Accountant |
| Art | Frazer Laing | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Carlo Sbordone | Script Consultant |
| Crew | Sergio Marra | Public Relations |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Mario Martone | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Metella Raboni | Costume Design |
| Camera | Luca Bigazzi | Director of Photography |
| Art | Giancarlo Muselli | Production Design |
| Sound | Michele Campanella | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jacopo Quadri | Editor |