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Necropolis is a 1970 Italian-British fantasy horror film directed by Franco Brocani. A dissertation on human evil through the ages, it is considered a cult film, and it was referred to as "a fusion between an Andy Warhol-style improvisation and an ambitious, esoteric subtext that summons all the Western counterculture of the time".
Plot
Shown through a series of loosely connected vignettes of figures from humanity's past, from Attila the Hun, to the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory, all of which depict various acts of evil both physical and metaphysical.
Cast
Pierre Clémenti as Attila
Viva as Countess Bathory
Carmelo Bene as Devil
Bruno Corazzari as Frankenstein's Monster
Tina Aumont
Nicoletta Machiavelli
Paul Jabara
Paolo Graziosi
Louis Waldon
Aldo Mondino
Rada Rassimov
George Willing
Release
The film was theatrically released in Italy on January 19, 1970.
Critical reception
Time Out praised the film, commending the film's range, score, and Brocani's "contemplative" approach to the material.
References
External links
Necropolis at AllMovie
Necropolis at IMDb
Necropolis at Rotten Tomatoes
Necropolis at the TCM Movie Database
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