The Professor
(1986)
★ 7.1 IMDb · 127 votes
Year: 1986
Runtime: 171 мин
Country: Italy
Director: Джузеппе Торнаторе
Cast: Бен Газзара, Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta, Marzio Honorato, Luciano Bartoli, Nicola Di Pinto, Anita Zagaria, Franco Interlenghi, Biagio Pelligra, Maria Carta
Plot
Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars.
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an empire founded on murders and drugs. He starts a war to destroy all the old Camorra bosses and becoming the new "boss of the bosses". With his sister's help he manages to evade from prison and escape in New York. Here he starts immediately a new relationship with "Cosa Nostra" (Italian American Mafia). He is going to seat on the peak of the most powerful criminal organization, and the Italian authorities are almost impotent.