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.

Cast (74)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Carlo Cecchi

Renato Caccioppoli

Anna Bonaiuto

Anna

Renato Carpentieri

Luigi Caccioppoli

Toni Servillo

Pietro

Antonio Neiwiller

Don Simplicio

Licia Maglietta

Emilia

F

Fulvia Carotenuto

Lina

Roberto De Francesco

Leonardo

Andrea Renzi

Leo

A

Alessandra D'Elia

Stella

A

Annalisa Foà

Adele

L

Lucio Amelio

The Marquis

V

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

P

Pasquale Zito

Man in the waiting room

F

Ferdinando Sirignano

Man in the waiting room

A

Anna Annunziata

Woman in the waiting room

Carlo Di Maio

Cop

A

Antonio Caldarella

Cop

B

Beniamino Femiano

Professor

C

Cesare Accetta

Assistant

G

Gianfranco Campo

Student

R

Raffaele Di Florio

Student

G

Gloria Migliaccio

Student

M

Michele Moscariello

Student

M

Maurizio Bizzi

Allocca, the janitor

M

Michele Lauri

O' Turrese, the beggar

A

Angelo Bove

Bellhop

Agostino Chiummariello

Bellhop

R

Rosa Badino

Donna Teresa, the porter

F

Francesca Amitrano

Child

D

Donna Esposito

Child

U

Uta Zulke

German Girl

G

Gino Curcione

Femminiello

G

Gennaro Aubry

Femminiello

E

Emilio Massa

Femminiello

T

Tonino Ricchezza

Femminiello

A

Arturo Cirillo

Mario, a student

P

Peppe Bosone

Peppe, the innkeeper

M

Maria Izzo

Assunta, the innkeeper

M

Max Vajro

Dean

M

Mario Franco

Other Professor

A

Alberto Iuorio

Other Professor

G

Giovanni Polara

Other Professor

L

Luciana Zazzera

Wine Table Girl

G

Giuliana Gargiulo

Woman at Teatro San Carlo

T

Tullia Matania

Virginia

F

Francesco Ruotolo

Giuseppe, a worker

A

Attilio Majolo

Don Nicola, the car parking attendant

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