Overview
Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazis in Italy, The Skin follows the collapse of Italian society under the US occupation and the desperate measures required for survival.
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Setting
Set in Naples
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Music
Music by Lalo Schifrin
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Armando Nannuzzi
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Robert KatzScreenplay
- Catherine BreillatScreenplay
- Liliana CavaniScreenplay
- Curzio MalaparteNovel
- Original title
- La pelle
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 27, 1981
- Original language
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy, France
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In the United States
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Cast
Marcello MastroianniCurzio Malaparte
Claudia CardinalePrincipessa Consuelo Caracciolo
Burt LancasterGenerale Clark
Ken MarshallJimmy Wren
Alexandra KingDeborah Wyatt
Carlo GiuffrèEduardo Mazzullo
Rosaria della FemminaAmante di Jimmy
Jeanne ValériePrincipessa a Capri
Liliana TariMaria Concetta
Peppe BarraSarto
Cristina DonadioAmica di Anna
Jacques SernasGen Guillaume- Gianni Abbate
Anna Maria Ackermann
Concetta Barra
Giselda Castrini- Antonetta CioliRosaria
- Giovanni CrosioPadre di Maria Concetta
Antonio Ferrante- Nunzia Fumo
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