The Skin

The Skin
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLiliana Cavani
Written byRobert Katz
Liliana Cavani
Catherine Breillat
Based onThe Skin by Curzio Malaparte
Produced byManolo Bolognini
Renzo Rossellini
StarringMarcello Mastroianni
Burt Lancaster
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Distributed byCinefrance (Germany)
Gaumont Italia (Italy)
Release date
  • 27 August 1981 (1981-08-27)
Running time
131 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesItalian
English

The Skin (Italian: La pelle) is a 1981 Italian war film directed by Liliana Cavani and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Burt Lancaster, Ken Marshall, Carlo Giuffrè and Claudia Cardinale from Curzio Malaparte's 1949 novel The Skin.[1] It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ "NY Times: The Skin". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Skin". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-05-31.