Plot
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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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
Antonio Caldarella
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
Maria Izzo
Assunta, the innkeeper
Max Vajro
Dean
Mario Franco
Other Professor
Alberto Iuorio
Other Professor
Giovanni Polara
Other Professor
Luciana Zazzera
Wine Table Girl
Giuliana Gargiulo
Woman at Teatro San Carlo
Tullia Matania
Virginia
Francesco Ruotolo
Giuseppe, a worker
Attilio Majolo
Don Nicola, the car parking attendant
Livia Patrizi
Examined Student
Francesco Biscione
Examined Student
Tonino Di Meglio
Marquis' Butler
Marco Manchisi
Undertaker
Antonello Cossia
Undertaker
Mario Porfito
Porter
Salvatore Felaco
Porter
Lello Salvatori
Giustino Sforza
Guido Donatoni
Lawyer
Francesco Cutillo
Lawyer
Pinotto Merlino
Gentleman
Lello Serao
Graveyard Director
Patrizio Rispo
Stefanini
Vanni Baiano
Anarchist
