Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
The Professor
The Professor

The Professor

The man who taught the Godfather

Genres

CrimeDrama

OverView

An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

164 mins

Rating

7.13/10

Release Date

12 September 1986

Country

Italy

Cast

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

'O Professore di Vesuviano

Laura del Sol

Laura del Sol

Rosaria

Leo Gullotta

Leo Gullotta

Police Commissioner Iervolino

Marzio Honorato

Marzio Honorato

Salvatore Lo Russo

Luciano Bartoli

Luciano Bartoli

Ciro Perrella

Nicola Di Pinto

Nicola Di Pinto

Alfredo Canale

Anita Zagaria

Anita Zagaria

Anna Schifato

Franco Interlenghi

Franco Interlenghi

Don Saverio

Biagio Pelligra

Biagio Pelligra

'O Professore's Father

Maria Carta

Maria Carta

Madre

Lino Troisi

Lino Troisi

Don Antonio 'O Malacarne

Marcello Bari

Marcello Bari

Sergio Boccalatte

Sergio Boccalatte

Gennaro Di Domenico

Cloris Brosca

Cloris Brosca

Cettina

Maria Antonia Capotorto

Maria Antonia Capotorto

Verzella Clan Member

Aldo Castaldo

Aldo Castaldo

Beppe Chierici

Beppe Chierici

Prison Warden - 1st Prison

Roberto Corcione

Roberto Corcione

D'Assunta's Kidnapper

Terenzio Cordova

Terenzio Cordova

Secret Service Man

Rosario Coniglione

Rosario Coniglione

Revolutionary Inmate

Michela Criscuolo

Michela Criscuolo

Protester with Megaphone

Eurilla del Bono

Eurilla del Bono

PM

Helga Dentale

Helga Dentale

Young Rosaria

Pino D'Angiò

Pino D'Angiò

Verzella Clan Boss #2

Mario Donatone

Mario Donatone

Judge - 1st Trial

Jean-Pierre Duriez

Jean-Pierre Duriez

Frank Titas

Giovanni Febraro

Giovanni Febraro

Domenico La Sciarra

Antonio Ferrante

Antonio Ferrante

Verzella Clan Boss #1

Dante Fioretti

Dante Fioretti

Senator D'Amore

Orlando Forioso

Orlando Forioso

Salvatore

Raffaele Fortunato

Raffaele Fortunato

Graziante

Mario Frera

Mario Frera

Nunziata

Domenico Gennaro

Domenico Gennaro

Domenico Spina

Raffaele Giangrande

Raffaele Giangrande

Landlord

Daniela Guzzi

Daniela Guzzi

Rita

Peppe Lanzetta

Peppe Lanzetta

'O Professore Clan Member

Giuseppe Lo Presti

Giuseppe Lo Presti

Joe Gandino

Franco Marino

Franco Marino

Tony Cuomo

Marino Masé

Marino Masé

Roberto Sapienza

Pietro Montandon

Pietro Montandon

Revolutionary Inmate

Antonella Morea

Antonella Morea

Peasant

Gilla Novak

Gilla Novak

Pelle di Pesca

Riccardo Parisio Perrotti

Riccardo Parisio Perrotti

Judge - 2nd Trial

Giacomo Piperno

Giacomo Piperno

Police Chief

Elio Polimeno

Elio Polimeno

Gaetano Zarra

Aldo Riva

Aldo Riva

'O Professore Clan Member

Marcello Romolo

Marcello Romolo

Goffredo La Sciarra

Stefano Sabelli

Stefano Sabelli

Schifato

Severino Saltarelli

Severino Saltarelli

Prison Warden - 2nd Prison

Egidio Termine

Egidio Termine

Iervolino's Partner

Francesco Tiano

Francesco Tiano

Singing Inmate

Tullio Valli

Tullio Valli

On. Malventi

Piero Vida

Piero Vida

Mimmo Mesillo

Dolores Calò

Dolores Calò

Carmela (uncredited)

Rosario Errico

Rosario Errico

'O Professore Clan Enforcer (uncredited)

Marcello Magnelli

Marcello Magnelli

Verzella Clan Enforcer (uncredited)

Nello Riviè

Nello Riviè

Prison Guard - 1st Prison (uncredited)

Maria Gradi

Maria Gradi

Schifato's Mother (uncredited)

Armando Tortorici

Armando Tortorici

Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)

Calogero Azzaretto

Calogero Azzaretto

Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)

Alberigo Donadeo

Alberigo Donadeo

Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)

Luciano Zanussi

Luciano Zanussi

Secret Service Man (uncredited)

Franco Laitano

Franco Laitano

Secret Service Man (uncredited)

Lanfranco Spinola

Lanfranco Spinola

Secret Service Man (uncredited)

Giuseppe Marrocco

Giuseppe Marrocco

Waiter (uncredited)

Eros Buttaglieri

Eros Buttaglieri

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Salvatore Puccinelli

Salvatore Puccinelli

Totò (uncredited)

Angelo Ragusa

Angelo Ragusa

Policeman Hit by Canale's Car (uncredited)

Ettore Martini

Ettore Martini

Policeman (uncredited)

Ennio Antonelli

Ennio Antonelli

Inmate (uncredited)

Angelo Casadei

Angelo Casadei

Inmate (uncredited)

Vezio Natili

Vezio Natili

Judge - 1st Trial (uncredited)

Vittorio Ripamonti

Vittorio Ripamonti

Judge - 1st Trial (uncredited)

Vittorio Parziali

Vittorio Parziali

Judge - 2nd Trial (uncredited)

Giovanna Chemeri

Giovanna Chemeri

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Alba Maiolini

Alba Maiolini

Mrs. La Sciarra (uncredited)

Federico Neri

Federico Neri

Anchorman (voice) (uncredited)

Marcello Meconizzi

Marcello Meconizzi

Prison Guard - 2nd Prison (uncredited)

Giuseppe Curia

Giuseppe Curia

Rita's Rapist (uncredited)

Erminio Bianchi Fasani

Erminio Bianchi Fasani

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mario Ingrassia

Mario Ingrassia

Assistant Defense Lawyer (uncredited)

Sergio Silveri

Sergio Silveri

Prison Janitor (uncredited)

Rossana Canghiari

Rossana Canghiari

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

Franco Ricci

Franco Ricci

Trial Spectator (uncredited)

Giorgio Iovine

Giorgio Iovine

Earthquake Victim (uncredited)

Maurizio Piacenti

Maurizio Piacenti

Interviewed Politician (uncredited)

Similar Movies

7.8

The King of Comedy

December 1982 •English

Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

7.1

Contempt

October 1963 •French

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," but when it seems that the legendary filmmaker is making a picture destined to bomb at the box office, he brings in a screenwriter to energize the script. The professional intersects with the personal when a rift develops between the writer and his wife.

7.2

Batman

June 1989 •English

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

8.7

The Shawshank Redemption

September 1994 •English

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

8.0

Amadeus

September 1984 •English

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

8.2

Casablanca

January 1943 •English

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

8.4

Once Upon a Time in America

May 1984 •English

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

7.5

Bang, Boom, Bang

August 1999 •German

Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.

7.5

Miller's Crossing

September 1990 •English

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

8.5

The Dark Knight

July 2008 •English

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

7.5

The Big Blue

May 1988 •French

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.

5.8

The Good German

December 2006 •English

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

8.7

The Godfather

March 1972 •English

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

8.6

The Godfather Part II

December 1974 •English

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

7.4

The Godfather Part III

December 1990 •English

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

7.7

The Killing

June 1956 •English

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

7.4

The Experiment

March 2001 •German

20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.

8.0

The Lives of Others

March 2006 •German

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

6.4

THX 1138

March 1971 •English

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

8.4

Life Is Beautiful

December 1997 •Italian

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.