Morte di un matematico napoletano · 1992

Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician

Mario Martone · 108 min · Italy

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.

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Awards

12 wins & 16 nominations total

Production companies

Teatri Uniti, AnGio Film, RAI

Locations

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Setting

Nápoles

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Cast

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  Carlo Cecchi

  Renato Caccioppoli

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  Anna Bonaiuto

  Anna

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  Renato Carpentieri

  Luigi Caccioppoli

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  Toni Servillo

  Pietro

• Antonio Neiwiller

  Don Simplicio

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  Licia Maglietta

  Emilia

• Fulvia Carotenuto

  Lina

• Roberto De Francesco

  Leonardo