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 | 10.857875 |
Directed By
Luchino Visconti
Crew
Luchino Visconti
Franco Mannino
Ruggero Mastroianni
Mario Garbuglia
Lucio Trentini
Federico Starace
Renata Franceschi
Lea Mazzocchi
Alfredo Menchini
Enzo Lucarini
Remo Stampiggioni
Nino Cristiani
Mario Cimini
Marcello Mastrogirolamo
Gianni Maddaleni
Adolfo Bartoli
Mario Tursi
Claudio Maielli
Decio Trani
Eligio Trani
Aldo Signoretti
Maria Fanetti
Giuseppina Delli Carpini
Aldo Colanzi
Luciano Leoni
Piero Tosi
Yves Saint Laurent
Federico Tocci
Albino Cocco
Franco Mannino
Louise Vincent
Giorgio Treves
Alessio Girotti
Ferdinando Giovannoni
Nazzareno Piana
Carlo Gervasi
Enrico Medioli
Enrico Medioli
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Luchino Visconti
Pasqualino De Santis
Giovanni Bertolucci
Alvaro Belsole
Renato Massimiani
Dario Simoni
Vera Marzot
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Alberto De Rossi
Eros Bacciucchi
Giovanni Bacciucchi
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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