''Necropolis'' is a
1970
Events
January
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Italian-British
fantasy
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horror film directed by
Franco Brocani. A dissertation on human evil through the ages, it is considered a
cult film,
and it was referred to as "a fusion between an
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the Art movement, visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore th ...
-style
improvisation and an ambitious, esoteric subtext that summons all the Western counterculture of the time".
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
Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to:
People
* Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name)
* Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist
Ships
* HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships
* ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...
, all of which depict various acts of evil both physical and metaphysical.
Cast
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Pierre Clémenti
Pierre André Clémenti (28 September 1942 – 27 December 1999) was a French actor.
Life and career
Born in Paris to an unknown father and Rose Clémenti, a Corsican concierge whose surname he took, Clémenti had a difficult childhood and took ...
as Attila
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Viva as Countess Bathory
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Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene, known as Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002), was an Italian actor, poet, film director and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema. He die ...
as Devil
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Bruno Corazzari
Bruno Corazzari (born 30 December 1940) is an Italian film, television and stage actor.
Life and career
Born in Castellarano, Reggio Emilia, Corazzari started his career in the second half of the sixties, playing minor roles in a number of S ...
as Frankenstein's Monster
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Tina Aumont
Maria Christina "Tina" Aumont (February 14, 1946 – October 28, 2006) was an American actress. She was the daughter of French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Dominican actress Maria Montez. She made her acting debut in the British film ''Modesty Bl ...
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Nicoletta Machiavelli
Nicoletta Machiavelli (1 August 1944 – 15 November 2015) was an Italian film actress, also known as Nicoletta Rangoni Machiavelli and Nicoletta Macchiavelli.
Life and career
The daughter of a Florentine father and of an American mother, Mach ...
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Paul Jabara
Paul Jabara, also known as Paul Frederick Jabara, (January 31, 1948 – September 29, 1992) was an American actor, singer, and songwriter of Lebanese ancestry, born in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote Donna Summer's Oscar-winning " Last Dance" from ...
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Paolo Graziosi
Paolo Graziosi (25 January 1940 – 1 February 2022) was an Italian stage and film actor.
Biography
Born in Rimini, Graziosi was rejected for the admission exams at the Academy of Dramatic Arts Silvio D'Amico in 1961. He then enrolled at the C ...
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Louis Waldon
Louis Waldon (December 16, 1934 – December 6, 2013) was an American film actor, whose career spanned nearly 45 years. He was born in Modesto, California.
Waldon began his acting career in 1965. He was best known for his collaboration with Ameri ...
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Aldo Mondino
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Rada Rassimov
Rada Rassimov (born Rada Đerasimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Рада Ђерасимовић) on 3 March 1941 in Trieste, Italy) is an Italian actress of Serb origin, who has appeared in film since the early 1960s and television since 1975.
Biog ...
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George Willing
Critical reception
''
Time Out'' praised the film, commending the film's range, score, and Brocani's "contemplative" approach to the material.
References
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1970 films
1970s avant-garde and experimental films
1970s fantasy films
1970 horror films
British avant-garde and experimental films
British fantasy films
British horror films
Cultural depictions of Elizabeth Báthory
Dark fantasy films
1970s English-language films
1970s Italian-language films
Italian avant-garde and experimental films
Italian fantasy films
Italian horror films
1970 directorial debut films
1970 multilingual films
British multilingual films
Italian multilingual films
1970s British films
1970s Italian films
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