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The Skin is a 1981
Italian
war film
directed by Liliana Cavani
and starring Marcello Mastroianni
, Ken Marshall, Claudia Cardinale
and Burt Lancaster
. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
.
1981 in film
-Events:*January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it....
Italian
Cinema of Italy
The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...
war film
War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...
directed by Liliana Cavani
Liliana Cavani
Liliana Cavani is an Italian film director and screenwriter. She belongs to a generation of Italian filmmakers that came into prominence in the 1970s and includes Bernardo Bertolucci, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Marco Bellochio. Cavani became internationally known after the success of her 1974 feature...
and starring Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...
, Ken Marshall, Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
and Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile...
. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
1981 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Jacques Deray *Ellen Burstyn *Jean-Claude Carrière *Robert Chazal *Attilio D'Onofrio *Christian Defaye *Carlos Diegues *Antonio Gala...
.
Cast
- Marcello MastroianniMarcello MastroianniMarcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...
- Curzio Malaparte - Ken Marshall - Jimmy Wren
- Alexandra King - Deborah Wyatt
- Carlo GiuffrèCarlo GiuffrèCarlo Giuffrè is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in 93 films since 1950.He was born in Naples, Italy.-Selected filmography:* Side Street Story * Il padrone del vapore * La bellezza di Ippolita...
- Eduardo Mazzullo - Yann Babilée - Jean-Louis
- Jeanne Valérie - Principessa a Capri
- Liliana Tari - Maria Concetta
- Peppe Barra - Sarto (as Giuseppe Barra)
- Cristina Donadio - Amica di Anna
- Rosaria della Femmina - Amante di Jimmy (as Maria Rosaria Della Femmina)
- Jacques SernasJacques SernasJacques Sernas is a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career.-Early life and education:He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, the son of Jokūbas Šernas, a signatory of the 1918 Act of Independence of Lithuania, who died when Sernas was a year old. His mother took him to Paris,...
- Gen Guillaume - Claudia CardinaleClaudia CardinaleClaudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
- Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo - Burt LancasterBurt LancasterBurton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile...
- Gen. Mark Clark - Gianni Abbate
- Anna Maria Ackermann
External links
- Filmografia di Liliana Cavani Detailed information on the film and its director.