Top Cast
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Ingrid Thulin
Agnese
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Stefano Satta Flores
Il Comandante
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Michele Placido
Tom
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Aurore Clément
Rina
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Ninetto Davoli
La Disperata
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William Berger
Clinto
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Flavio Bucci
Pugliese
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Rosalino Cellamare
Zero
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Alfredo Pea
Tonitti
Overview
After the Nazis take her husband away, an illiterate old washerwoman joins the Resistance as a bike courier in the Central Italian countryside.
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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.
The Skin
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The Camp Followers
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Jacknife
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Many Wars Ago
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The War Below
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The Last Rifleman
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