Young Franco is imprisoned for murder and rises to become the feared and powerful 'Professor', taking control of Naples' underworld from behind bars.
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Movie1986·171 min
The Professor
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
A crime drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 30%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.1/10
127 ratings
About The Professor
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Broad (6 of 9)
- Spirit
- Bleak (1 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Stylized
- Story Tags
- corruption power, ambition hubris, survival of spirit, late 20th century, international, prison, urban, group found family, villain protagonist, anti hero, rise and fall, undercover infiltration, corruption, organized crime