The Professor
Il camorrista
Crime
Drama
The man who taught the Godfather
Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars.
1986-09-12
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Cast
Director
Giuseppe Tornatore
Ben Gazzara as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
Laura del Sol as Rosaria
Leo Gullotta as Police Commissioner Iervolino
Marzio Honorato as Salvatore Lo Russo
Luciano Bartoli as Ciro Perrella
Nicola Di Pinto as Alfredo Canale
Anita Zagaria as Anna Schifato
Franco Interlenghi as Don Saverio
Biagio Pelligra as 'O Professore's Father
Maria Carta as Madre
Lino Troisi as Don Antonio 'O Malacarne
Sergio Boccalatte as Gennaro Di Domenico
Cloris Brosca as Cettina
Maria Antonia Capotorto as Verzella Clan Member
Beppe Chierici as Prison Warden - 1st Prison
Roberto Corcione as D'Assunta's Kidnapper
Terenzio Cordova as Secret Service Man
Rosario Coniglione as Revolutionary Inmate
Michela Criscuolo as Protester with Megaphone
Eurilla del Bono as PM
Pino D'Angiò as Verzella Clan Boss #2
Mario Donatone as Judge - 1st Trial
Jean-Pierre Duriez as Frank Titas
Giovanni Febraro as Domenico La Sciarra
Antonio Ferrante as Verzella Clan Boss #1
Dante Fioretti as Senator D'Amore
Orlando Forioso as Salvatore
Mario Frera as Nunziata
Domenico Gennaro as Domenico Spina
Raffaele Giangrande as Landlord
Daniela Guzzi as Rita
Peppe Lanzetta as 'O Professore Clan Member
Giuseppe Lo Presti as Joe Gandino
Franco Marino as Tony Cuomo
Marino Masé as Roberto Sapienza
Pietro Montandon as Revolutionary Inmate
Antonella Morea as Peasant
Gilla Novak as Pelle di Pesca
Riccardo Parisio Perrotti as Judge - 2nd Trial
Giacomo Piperno as Police Chief
Elio Polimeno as Gaetano Zarra
Aldo Riva as 'O Professore Clan Member
Marcello Romolo as Goffredo La Sciarra
Stefano Sabelli as Schifato
Severino Saltarelli as Prison Warden - 2nd Prison
Egidio Termine as Iervolino's Partner
Francesco Tiano as Singing Inmate
Tullio Valli as On. Malventi
Piero Vida as Mimmo Mesillo
Dolores Calò as Carmela (uncredited)
Rosario Errico as 'O Professore Clan Enforcer (uncredited)
Marcello Magnelli as Verzella Clan Enforcer (uncredited)
Nello Riviè as Prison Guard - 1st Prison (uncredited)
Maria Gradi as Schifato's Mother (uncredited)
Armando Tortorici as Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Calogero Azzaretto as Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Alberigo Donadeo as Sicilian Inmate (uncredited)
Luciano Zanussi as Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Franco Laitano as Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Lanfranco Spinola as Secret Service Man (uncredited)
Giuseppe Marrocco as Waiter (uncredited)
Eros Buttaglieri as Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Angelo Ragusa as Policeman Hit by Canale's Car (uncredited)
Ettore Martini as Policeman (uncredited)
Ennio Antonelli as Inmate (uncredited)
Angelo Casadei as Inmate (uncredited)
Vezio Natili as Judge - 1st Trial (uncredited)
Vittorio Ripamonti as Judge - 1st Trial (uncredited)
Alba Maiolini as Mrs. La Sciarra (uncredited)
Marcello Meconizzi as Prison Guard - 2nd Prison (uncredited)
Giuseppe Curia as Rita's Rapist (uncredited)
Erminio Bianchi Fasani as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mario Ingrassia as Assistant Defense Lawyer (uncredited)
Sergio Silveri as Prison Janitor (uncredited)
Rossana Canghiari as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Franco Ricci as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Giorgio Iovine as Earthquake Victim (uncredited)
Maurizio Piacenti as Interviewed Politician (uncredited)