Conversation Piece
“A tangled web of bizarre mystery”
1974•R•2h 1m•7.3•Released
DramaRomance
A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
Director
Luchino Visconti
Writer
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Luchino Visconti, Enrico Medioli
Languages
Italian
Studio
Gaumont International
Cast
Burt Lancaster
Professor
Silvana Mangano
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
Helmut Berger
Konrad Huebel
Claudia Marsani
Lietta Brumonti
Stefano Patrizi
Stefano
Elvira Cortese
Erminia
Philippe Hersent
Doorman
Guy Tréjan
Art Dealer
Jean-Pierre Zola
Blanchard
Umberto Raho
Police Inspector Bernai
Enzo Fiermonte
Police Inspector
Romolo Valli
Michelli
George Clatot
Valentino Macchi
Vittorio Fanfoni
Production
Company
Gaumont International
Company
Rusconi Film
Producer
Giovanni Bertolucci
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