Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Sep 8, 1992

1h 48m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Teatri Uniti

AnGio Film

RAI

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Cast

Renato Caccioppoli

Carlo Cecchi

Anna

Anna Bonaiuto

Luigi Caccioppoli

Renato Carpentieri

Pietro

Toni Servillo

Don Simplicio

Antonio Neiwiller

Emilia

Licia Maglietta

Lina

Fulvia Carotenuto

Leonardo

Roberto De Francesco

Leo

Andrea Renzi

Stella

Alessandra D'Elia

Adele

Annalisa Foà

The Marquis

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