Naples ’44(2017)

Not Rated
1h 20m
- Documentary
- War

Release Date: Nov 29, 2017 | Limited

A British Intelligence Officer in Naples at the end of World War II: Norman Lewis's acknowledged masterpiece about a war-torn city and its unforgettable humanity.

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Releases

Original Release | Nov 29, 2017

Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$6,636
Total US & Canada:
$24,620
Total International
$243
Total Worldwide:
$24,863

Director & Top Cast

Francesco Patierno
Director

Benedict Cumberbatch
Norman Lewis

Adriano Giannini
Norman Lewis

Marcello Mastroianni
Self

Totò
Self

Ernest Borgnine
Self

Keenan Wynn

Self

Alan Arkin

Self

Olimpia Carlisi

Self

Other Details

Country of Origin: Italy

Language: Italian,English

Summaries

Storyline

Francesco Patierno brings Norman Lewis' war diary to life in a feature documentary linking unique archive, with feature film footage and accompanied by the narration of Lewis' words made by Oscar Nominated British actor Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Black Mass, Sherlock). The documentary NAPLES'44, creates a contrast between extraordinary footage images, mostly unreleased before, and fascinating excerpts from famous films set in the city, to re-create for the audience, the authentic scenario that Lewis found when he arrived there. Lewis' masterpiece, full of such extraordinary images and characters, is a lyrical, ironic and detached account of Naples in the aftermath of war: a tempestuous, byzantine and opaque city massacred by a hundred air raids, in which working classes, artisans, office workers, teachers, lawyers, maids, judges and impoverished noblemen lived side by side in a throbbing and complex social melting pot. A Naples that has never been conveyed more vividly than by Norman Lewis' literary jewel.

Naples ’44(2017)

Box Office

Results

Director & Top Cast

Francesco Patierno

Benedict Cumberbatch

Adriano Giannini

Marcello Mastroianni

Totò

Ernest Borgnine

Keenan Wynn

Alan Arkin

Olimpia Carlisi

Other Details

Summaries

Storyline