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| “ | If this little pussycat has got communism, you can't think of this little pussycat. You got to think of all the other pussycats in the world! And you got to protect them, you got to protect all those pussycats! You got to look at that pussycat and got to say that's not a pussycat, that's a communist! And you've got to DESTROY IT! | „ |
| ~ Attila Mellanchini before mercilessly slaughtering a cat in public. |
Attila Mellanchini is the main antagonist of Bernardo Bertolucci's epic 1976 Italian film Novecento/1900.
He was portrayed by the late Donald Sutherland, who also played President Coriolanus Snow in The Hunger Games film franchise.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- He burns down Anita Foschi’s school for blind elderly men, killing all the helpless old men inside.
- Holding a public demonstration of what must be done to all communists, by equating a kitten with a communist, before strapping the cat to a pole and head-butting the animal to death.
- Raping and then murdering a little boy named Patrizio by swinging the boy by his feet, smashing the child’s head apart against the wall.
- Framing Olmo Dalco for the crime, which nearly gets him killed, before a mentally ill wanderer confesses in order to free Olmo.
- Dragging the mentally ill wanderer away with his men to wrongfully torture him for the murder of the boy. The ill wandererer is arrested and released after a general amnesty and reveals to Olmo that the rapist and murderer was always Attila.
- Brutally murdering an elderly widow named Signora Pioppi alongside his equally twisted lover Regina in order to steal her estate.
- Selling Olmo to a different landowner named Barone, and mocking his farewell speech to his fellow peasants.
- Raiding and destroying Olmo’s home as retribution for being pelted with horse manure, with Alfredo Berlinghieri finally summoning the courage to fire him after years of atrocities.
- Imprisoning several peasants on a caged compound into Berlingheri state, and massacring them indiscriminately.
- Defiantly proclaiming his allegiance to fascism when facing justice for his heinous crimes, gleefully taunting the peasants over the crimes he committed, and showing no remorse nor regret whatsoever.
- His sadistic and brutal acts ultimately destroy Alfredo and Olmo’s friendship, as Olmo’s hatred for him and Alfredo’s unwillingness to act drives them apart and makes them enemies.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- He genuinely loves and is protective of his lover Regina, being both furious and distraught when she is attacked by the peasant mob in retribution for their heinous crimes, crying out her name in anguish. When the peasants forcibly cut out all her hair as punishment, he angrily cries out in distraught, “Don’t cut her hair!”
Trivia[]
- Donald Sutherland was reportedly so upset and disturbed upon watching his own performance as the sadistic and monstrous Attila that he refused to watch the finished film for several years afterwards.
- He is one of two Near Pure Evil characters played by Donald Sutherland, the other being President Coriolanus Snow. Ironically, both are tyrannical fascists who end up being brutally executed by an angry mob at the end.
- The late Oliver Reed and Peter Boyle were both favoured by Bertolucci for the role of Attila before Sutherland was cast.
External Links[]
- Attila Mellanchini at the Villains Wiki.
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