Naked Violence (1969)
"I ragazzi del massacro" (original title)

Some youngsters kill their teacher; but they won't tell their motivation. The police detective on the case feels some sinister influence behind the young murderers.

Director:

Fernando Di Leo

Writers:

Fernando Di Leo, Nino Latino,

Stars:

Pier Paolo Capponi, Nieves Navarro, Marzio Margine

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pier Paolo Capponi	...	Duca Lamberti
Nieves Navarro	...	Livia Ussaro (as Susan Scott)
Marzio Margine	...	Carolino Marassi
Renato Lupi	...	Mascaranti
Enzo Liberti	...	Luigi Càrrua
Giuliano Manetti	...	Fiorello Grassi
Danika La Loggia	...	Beatrice Romani (as Danika)
Anna Maria La Rovere
Flora Carosello	...	Aunt of Benito
Jean Rougeul	...	Father of Benito
Ettore Geri	...	Husband of school caretaker
Ada Pometti	...	Florist (as Priscilla Benson)
Federico Mecca
Gabriella D'Olive	...	Nadia Novak
Sergio Serafini	...	Policeman with glasses

Storyline

About the search for an adult who pushed a classroom full of troubled teens to gang-rape and murder their female teacher. A hard-bitten Police Inspector named Liberti is put on the case and sets about brutally interrogating the young punks. He finally settles on a blond boy named Fiorello as the one most likely to squeal, but when he jumps from a rooftop, Liberti knows there is more to the teacher's murder than meets the eye.

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Plot Keywords:

police | gang rape | classroom | physical abuse | teenager | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

30 December 1969 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Naked Violence

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cineproduzioni Daunia 70

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

School for drinking, raping & murdering... scoundrels.

Fernando Di Leo was undoubtedly the emperor of Italian crime-cinema during the late 60's and the 70's. The work he did on other genres wasn't exactly impressive (anyone remember "Asylum Erotica"?), but in the area of rough 'n tough exploitation thrillers he was absolutely unequaled. Di Leo has some of the sub genre's classics on his director's repertoire (like "Milano Calibro 9", "Manhunt" and "The Boss") and he even contributed a lot to writing other filmmakers' finest accomplishments, for example Ruggero Deodato's "Live Like a Cop, Die like a Man" and Romolo Guerrieri's "Young, Violent and Dangerous". This "Naked Violence" somewhat predates Di Leo's greatest work, but it certainly is an extremely convoluted and ambitiously scripted gem of Italy's most glorious cinematic cult years. Granted, the title is slightly deceptive and misleading (don't expect to see much nudity, nor violence), but nonetheless the complex screenplay hints at multiple controversial themes, like juvenile delinquency, teenage alcoholism, confused sexuality and rape. The movie opens bizarrely and impressively disturbing, with fuzzy flash-images of an entire classroom of drunken adolescent boys gang-raping their teacher before choking her to death with a handkerchief in the mouth. After the opening credits are finished, we learn that they're all boys with questionable backgrounds and mild criminal records, and the class they were attending actually was some kind of social project to still give them one last chance to normally integrate into society. The slightly unorthodox police inspector Marco Lamberti is charged with the investigation, but the case is very frustrating because the boys turn it into a game of blaming each other and act all innocent. Bit by bit, Lamberti discovers that the influence, as well as the heavy liquor that caused the kids to turn into rapist killers, comes from an adult who always remains in the shadows. This malicious person occasionally uses the young scoundrels for petty crimes, but now he - or she – must have had a reason to revert to murder. The plot of Di Leo's "Naked Violence" is perhaps silly and far-fetched, but the tight dialogs and particularly the powerful acting performances make it rather plausible. Pier Paolo Capponi is splendidly cast as the stubborn cop and also the young cast members are truly convincing in their roles of menacing small-time thugs. The film is overall a bit too talkative and the script reveals too few clues to really get involved in Lamberti's investigation, but the story's evolution is always compelling and worth your complete attention. The flashbacks near the end are atmospheric and a little creepy, and the end-twist is ahead of its time albeit quite silly. Definitely worth purchasing if you're into the more challenging titles of the Italian exploitation-industry.