La Pelle (1981)
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The Italian La Pelle was released in English-speaking countries as The Skin. Set in the twilight of World War 2, the film is a compendium of bitter recollections concerning the Allied liberation of Naples. These memories were originally bundled together in book form by Curzio Malaparte, played herein by Marcello Mastroianni. If you've gathered that the tone of the film is anti-American, you're not far off base: it's too bad that cowriter/director Liliana Cavani was more interested in her agenda than in entertaining the audience. The best performance is rendered by Burt Lancaster as General Mark Clark. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Marcello Mastroianni, Burt Lancaster, (more)
- Director(s):
- Liliana Cavani
Synopsis of La Pelle
The Italian La Pelle was released in English-speaking countries as The Skin. Set in the twilight of World War 2, the film is a compendium of bitter recollections concerning the Allied liberation of Naples. These memories were originally bundled together in book form by Curzio Malaparte, played herein by Marcello Mastroianni. If you've gathered that the tone of the film is anti-American, you're not far off base: it's too bad that cowriter/director Liliana Cavani was more interested in her agenda than in entertaining the audience. The best performance is rendered by Burt Lancaster as General Mark Clark. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of La Pelle
- Marcello Mastroianni - Curzio Malaparte
- Claudia Cardinale - Princess Caracciolo
- Carlo Giuffré - Eduardo Mazzullo
- Jacques Sernas
- Yann Babilee
- Linda Moretti
- Burt Lancaster - Gen. Mark Clark
- Ken Marshall - Jimmy Wren
- Giselda Castrini
- Jean Valerie
- Nunzia Fumo
- Christina Donadio
- Director(s):
- Liliana Cavani
- Writer(s):
- Liliana Cavani, Robert Katz
- Producer(s):
- Renzo Rossellini
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