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The Professor

1986 · 171 min

A long, cold climb through prison corridors and political back rooms, watching power curdle into paranoia and ruin.

Genres
Crime, Drama
Tagline
The man who taught the Godfather
Overview
Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • power
  • corruption
  • betrayal
  • madness
Places
  • prison
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action3
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Giuseppe Tornatore
Written by
Giuseppe Tornatore, Massimo De Rita
Starring
Ben Gazzara, Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta, Marzio Honorato, Luciano Bartoli, Nicola Di Pinto, Anita Zagaria, Franco Interlenghi
Music
Nicola Piovani
Cinematography
Blasco Giurato
Runtime
171 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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