Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazis in Italy, The Skin follows the collapse of Italian society under the US occupation and the desperate measures required for survival.
Acting
Mastroianni's dead-eyed observation of his own country's degradation.
Direction
Cavani stages grotesque tableaux with surgical contempt.
Writing
Malaparte's poisoned prose adapted without sanitization.
Director
Liliana Cavani
Marcello Mastroianni
Curzio Malaparte
Claudia Cardinale
Principessa Consuelo Caracciolo
Burt Lancaster
Generale Clark
Ken Marshall
Jimmy Wren
Alexandra King
Deborah Wyatt
Carlo Giuffrè
Eduardo Mazzullo
Rosaria della Femmina
Amante di Jimmy
Jeanne Valérie
Principessa a Capri
Liliana Tari
Maria Concetta
Peppe Barra
Sarto
Cristina Donadio
Amica di Anna
Jacques Sernas
Gen Guillaume
Anna Maria Ackermann
Concetta Barra
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Malaparte's memoir was banned by the Vatican and US Army; Cavani faced death threats for filming it. Italy really hated being seen.
The 'black wedding' sequence used actual Neapolitan street children; their parents protested Cavani was 'exposing' poverty. She replied that hiding it was the real crime.
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