Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

108 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 8, 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.

Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

108 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 8, 1992

Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers RAI, AnGio Film, Teatri Uniti
Original title Morte di un matematico napoletano
Directors Raffaele Di Florio, Costanza Boccardi, Alessandro Dionisio, Alessandro Scippa, Valia Santella, Mario Martone
Writers Carlo Sbordone, Fabrizia Ramondino, Mario Martone

Cast

Carlo Cecchi

as Renato Caccioppoli

Anna Bonaiuto

as Anna

Renato Carpentieri

as Luigi Caccioppoli

Toni Servillo

as Pietro

Antonio Neiwiller

as Don Simplicio

Licia Maglietta

as Emilia

Roberto De Francesco

as Leonardo

Andrea Renzi

as Leo

Alessandra D'Elia

as Stella

Annalisa FoĆ 

as Adele

Lucio Amelio

as The Marquis

Vera Lombardi

as Maria Bakunin

Lucio Allocca

as PCI Leader

Toni Bertorelli

as Antonio Alcamo

Nicola Di Pinto

as PCI Leader

Franco Javarone

as Gentleman (as Franco Iavarone)

Antonino Iuorio

as Ferdinando, a journalist

Nello Mascia

as PCI Senator

Enzo Moscato

as Biondino

Vincenzo Salemme

as PCI Activist

Enzo Salomone

as Mathematician

Mario Santella

as Anarchist

Sergio Solli

as Magistrate

Tonino Taiuti

as Roberto, a journalist

Pasquale Zito

as Man in the waiting room

Ferdinando Sirignano

as Man in the waiting room

Anna Annunziata

as Woman in the waiting room

Carlo Di Maio

as Cop

Beniamino Femiano

as Professor

Cesare Accetta

as Assistant

Gianfranco Campo

as Student

Raffaele Di Florio

as Student

Gloria Migliaccio

as Student

Michele Moscariello

as Student

Maurizio Bizzi

as Allocca, the janitor

Michele Lauri

as O' Turrese, the beggar

Angelo Bove

as Bellhop

Rosa Badino

as Donna Teresa, the porter

Donna Esposito

as Child

Uta Zulke

as German Girl

Gino Curcione

as Femminiello

Gennaro Aubry

as Femminiello

Emilio Massa

as Femminiello

Tonino Ricchezza

as Femminiello

Arturo Cirillo

as Mario, a student

Peppe Bosone

as Peppe, the innkeeper

Maria Izzo

as Assunta, the innkeeper

Max Vajro

as Dean

Mario Franco

as Other Professor

Alberto Iuorio

as Other Professor

Giovanni Polara

as Other Professor

Luciana Zazzera

as Wine Table Girl

Giuliana Gargiulo

as Woman at Teatro San Carlo

Tullia Matania

as Virginia

Francesco Ruotolo

as Giuseppe, a worker

Attilio Majolo

as Don Nicola, the car parking attendant

Livia Patrizi

as Examined Student

Francesco Biscione

as Examined Student

Tonino Di Meglio

as Marquis' Butler

Marco Manchisi

as Undertaker

Antonello Cossia

as Undertaker

Mario Porfito

as Porter

Salvatore Felaco

as Porter

Lello Salvatori

as Giustino Sforza

Guido Donatoni

as Lawyer

Francesco Cutillo

as Lawyer

Pinotto Merlino

as Gentleman

Lello Serao

as Graveyard Director

Patrizio Rispo

as Stefanini

Vanni Baiano

as Anarchist