Necropolis (film)

1970 Italian film

Necropolis

Directed by| Franco Brocani
Written by| Franco Brocani
Produced by| Gianni Barcelloni
Alan Power
Starring| Nicoletta Machiavelli
Tina Aumont
Pierre Clémenti
Carmelo Bene
Bruno Corazzari
Viva
Cinematography| Franco Lecca
Ivan Stoinov
Edited by| Ludovica Barbani
Music by| Gavin Bryars

Production
companies

Cosmoseion
Q Productions

Distributed by| Ripley's Home Video (Italy

Release dates

* 1970 (1970) (Belgium)
* 19 January 1971 (1971-01-19) (Italy)

Running time

| 124 minutes
Countries| Italy
United Kingdom
Languages| German
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]

## Plot

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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

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* Pierre Clémenti as Attila
* Viva as Countess Bathory
* Carmelo Bene as Devil
* Bruno Corazzari as Frankenstein's Monster
* Tina Aumont
* Nicoletta Machiavelli
* Paul Jabara
* Paolo Graziosi
* Louis Waldon
* Aldo Mondino
* Rada Rassimov
* George Willing

## Release

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

## Critical reception

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

## References

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1. ^ Marco Giusti (1999). Dizionario dei film italiani stracult. Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820029197.
2. ^ a b 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". 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.

## External links

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* Necropolis at IMDb
* Necropolis at Rotten Tomatoes
* Necropolis at the TCM Movie Database

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