Necropolis (film)

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Necropolis
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Directed by Franco Brocani
Written byFranco Brocani
Produced byGianni Barcelloni
Alan Power
Starring Nicoletta Machiavelli
Tina Aumont
Pierre Clémenti
Carmelo Bene
Bruno Corazzari
Viva
CinematographyFranco Lecca
Ivan Stoinov
Edited byLudovica Barbani
Music by Gavin Bryars
Production
companies
Cosmoseion
Q Productions
Distributed byRipley's Home Video (Italy
Release dates
  • 1970 (1970)(Belgium)
  • 19 January 1971 (1971-01-19)(Italy)
Running time
124 minutes
Countries Italy
United Kingdom
LanguagesGerman
French
English
Italian

Necropolis is a 1970 Italian-British fantasy horror film directed by Franco Brocani. A dissertation on human evil through the ages, it is considered a cult film, [1] [2] and it was referred to as "a fusion between an Andy Warhol-style improvisation and an ambitious, esoteric subtext that summons all the Western counterculture of the time". [2]

Contents

Plot

Shown through a series of loosely connected vignettes of figures from humanity's past, from Attila the Hun, to the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory, [3] [4] all of which depict various acts of evil both physical and metaphysical.

Cast

Release

The film was theatrically released in Italy on 19 January 1970. [5]

Critical reception

Time Out praised the film, commending the film's range, score, and Brocani's "contemplative" approach to the material. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN   8820029197.
  2. 1 2 Paolo Mereghetti (14 February 2024). Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-8860736260.
  3. ↑ NECROPOLIS (in Italian), retrieved 11 June 2023
  4. ↑ Sciannimanico, Riccardo (23 July 2021). "I 12 migliori film del 1970 da vedere [LISTA] - Pagina 2 di 3 - LaScimmiaPensa.com". www.lascimmiapensa.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Necropolis - Film 1970". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Necropolis, directed by Franco Brocani". TimeOut.com. Time Out London. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2019.


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