| Necropolis | |
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| Directed by | Franco Brocani |
| Written by | Franco Brocani |
| Produced by | Gianni Barcelloni Alan Power |
| Starring | Nicoletta Machiavelli Tina Aumont Pierre Clémenti Carmelo Bene Bruno Corazzari Viva |
| Cinematography | Franco Lecca Ivan Stoinov |
| Edited by | Ludovica Barbani |
| Music by | Gavin Bryars |
Production companies | Cosmoseion Q Productions |
| Distributed by | Ripley's Home Video (Italy |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Countries | Italy United Kingdom |
| Languages | German French English Italian |
Necropolis is a1970 Italian-Britishfantasyhorror film directed byFranco Brocani. A dissertation on human evil through the ages, it is considered acult film,[1][2] and it was referred to as "a fusion between anAndy Warhol-styleimprovisation and an ambitious, esoteric subtext that summons all the Western counterculture of the time".[2]
Shown through a series of loosely connected vignettes of figures from humanity's past, fromAttila the Hun, to the "Blood Countess"Elizabeth Bathory,[3][4] all of which depict various acts of evil both physical and metaphysical.
The film was theatrically released in Italy on 19 January 1970.[5]
Time Out praised the film, commending the film's range, score, and Brocani's "contemplative" approach to the material.[6]
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