In Popular Culture
- Camorra is a 1972 movie, directed by Pasquale Squitieri, starring Fabio Testi and Jean Seberg.
- Il Camorrista (1986), directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. Vaguely inspired by the real story of NCO boss, Raffaele Cutolo. Cutolo is played by Ben Gazzara, with the Italian voiceover done by Italian actor Mariano Rigillo.
- The 2006 book by Roberto Saviano, Gomorra, investigates the activities of the Camorra in Italy, especially in the provinces of Naples and Caserta. The book has also been adapted to film with the title Gomorrah by Matteo Garrone in 2008.
- The opera The Jewels of the Madonna by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari features the Camorra as part of the plot.
- The story of Raffaele Cutolo also inspired one of the most famous songs of Fabrizio De André, entitled Don Raffaé (Clouds of 1990).
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