Cahiers du cinéma critic Serge Daney asks whether The Kingdom of Naples is "leftist fiction, kitschy melodrama, photo-roman, a decadent chronicle of a city, opera in a minor key, or simply the first realistic narrative film by Schroeter?" It is all of these and more: an epic chronicle of proletarian family life in Naples from 1943 to 1972 that brilliantly captures the wretched poverty, overwrought passions, and political, religious and economic upheavals of Sicily across two generations. Schroeter assimilates neorealist aesthetics and class sympathies with the tempestuous excesses of popular melodrama, borrowing freely from Rossellini, Pasolini, Visconti, Brecht, and Rossini. (Facets)
Credits
The Kingdom of Naples Cast
The Kingdom of Naples Crew
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Department |
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Peter Berling as Executive Producer. He was 44 (83) years old when He died
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Production |
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Thomas Mauch as Director of Photography. He was 41 (now 87) years old
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Camera |
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Roberto Pregadio as Music. He was 49 (81) years old when He died
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Sound |
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Werner Schroeter as Director. He was 33 (65) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Werner Schroeter as Editor. He was 33 (65) years old when He died
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Editing |
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Werner Schroeter as Writer. He was 33 (65) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Alberte Barsacq as Costume Design. |
Costume & Make-Up |
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Franco Calabrese as Production Design. He was 54 (68) years old when He died
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Art |
