---
title: 'The Skin (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Liliana Cavani'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 131
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-skin-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082893/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Skin (1981)

1981 · 131 min · Drama, War · France, Italy

Original title: La pelle

## Synopsis

The Skin 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. It was entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Liliana Cavani](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-cavani)
- **Screenplay:** [Liliana Cavani](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliana-cavani), [Catherine Breillat](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-breillat), [Curzio Malaparte](https://cinepixo.com/people/curzio-malaparte), [Robert Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-katz)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lalo Schifrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lalo-schifrin)
- **Producer:** [Renzo Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/renzo-rossellini-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Armando Nannuzzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/armando-nannuzzi)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Marcello Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-mastroianni) as Curzio Malaparte
- [Jeanne Valérie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-valerie)
- [Nunzia Fumo](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunzia-fumo)
- [Kenneth Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-marshall)
- [Anna Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-walter)
- [Jacques Sernas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-sernas)
- [Claudia Cardinale](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-cardinale)
- [Giselda Castrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giselda-castrini)
- [Carlo Giuffré](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-giuffre)
- [Anna Maria Ackermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-maria-ackermann)
- [Tomas Arana](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-arana)
- [Peppe Barra](https://cinepixo.com/people/peppe-barra)
- [Linda Moretti](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-moretti)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster) as Mark W. Clark
- [Cristina Donadio](https://cinepixo.com/people/cristina-donadio)

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