The Key
“TOO HOT for Italian cinemas! Judges close down all theatres screening "THE KEY"!”
1983•1h 50m•6.0•Released
DramaRomance
In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.
Director
Tinto Brass
Writer
Tinto Brass
Languages
Italian
Studio
Selenia Cinematografica
Cast
Stefania Sandrelli
Teresa Rolfe
Frank Finlay
Nino Rolfe
Franco Branciaroli
Laszlo Apony
Barbara Cupisti
Lisa Rolfe
Armando Marra
Maria Grazia Bon
Giulietta
Gino Cavalieri
Don Rusetto
Piero Bortoluzzi
Memo Longobardi
Irma Veithen
The Nurse
Eolo Capritti
Maria Pia Colonnello
Milly Corinaldi
Giustina
Edgardo Fugagnoli
Luciano Gasper
Giovanni Michelagnoli
Dr. Fano
Production
Company
Selenia Cinematografica
Company
International Video Service
Company
San Francisco Film
Producer
Giovanni Bertolucci
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