La pelle = The skin / Gaumont présente ; un film di Liliana Cavani ; sceneggiatura di Robert Katz e Liliana Cavani ; prodotto da Renzo Rosselini per Opera Film Produzione e Gaumont ; regia di Liliana Cavani.
Edition:
DVD edition.
Publisher:
Cohen Media Group,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 142 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King, Carlo Giuffré, Yann Babilée, Jacques Sernas. Originally released as a motion picture in 1981. Special features: Four featurettes, including 3 with director Liliana Cavani and one with production designer Dante Feretti; feature-length audio commentary by critics Wade Major and Andy Klein; original French release trailer; 2014 re-release trailer.
Summary:
Based on the short stories of Curzio Malaparte, The Skin is Liliana Cavani's controversial look at the aftermath of the German occupation of Italy during WWII and the equally difficult results of life during the Allied liberation. Marcello Mastroianni stars as writer Malaparte, who chronicled the desperate measures taken by his countrymen in order to survive. Burt Lancaster co-stars as the liberating American General unable to understand the devastation around him.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.