Conversation Piece (1974)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | it |
| Popularity | 1.2748 |
Directed By
Luchino Visconti
Crew
Mario Garbuglia
Franco Mannino
Luchino Visconti
Ruggero Mastroianni
Lucio Trentini
Lea Mazzocchi
Renata Franceschi
Federico Starace
Remo Stampiggioni
Adolfo Bartoli
Mario Cimini
Mario Tursi
Claudio Maielli
Nino Cristiani
Decio Trani
Gianni Maddaleni
Alfredo Menchini
Enzo Lucarini
Marcello Mastrogirolamo
Maria Fanetti
Aldo Colanzi
Giuseppina Delli Carpini
Luciano Leoni
Piero Tosi
Aldo Signoretti
Eligio Trani
Yves Saint Laurent
Federico Tocci
Albino Cocco
Nazzareno Piana
Ferdinando Giovannoni
Louise Vincent
Franco Mannino
Giorgio Treves
Alessio Girotti
Carlo Gervasi
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Luchino Visconti
Enrico Medioli
Enrico Medioli
Pasqualino De Santis
Giovanni Bertolucci
Renato Massimiani
Alvaro Belsole
Giovanni Bacciucchi
Eros Bacciucchi
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Alberto De Rossi
Vera Marzot
Dario Simoni
TOP CAST
Burt Lancaster
Professor
Helmut Berger
Konrad Huebel
Silvana Mangano
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
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
Margherita Horowitz
Maid
Claudia Cardinale
Professor's Wife (uncredited)
Dominique Sanda
Professor's Mother (uncredited)
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