Conversation Piece
7.3
“A tangled web of bizarre mystery”
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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Cast
19 people
Burt Lancaster
Professor
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Silvana Mangano
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
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Helmut Berger
Konrad Huebel
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Claudia Marsani
Lietta Brumonti
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Stefano Patrizi
Stefano
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Elvira Cortese
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Philippe Hersent
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Guy Tréjan
Art Dealer
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Jean-Pierre Zola
Blanchard
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Umberto Raho
Police Inspector Bernai
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Enzo Fiermonte
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Luchino Visconti Director · Suso Cecchi d'Amico Screenplay Enrico Medioli Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Luchino Visconti
Screenplay
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Screenplay Story
Enrico Medioli
Composer
Franco Mannino
Cinematographer
Pasqualino De Santis
Editor
Ruggero Mastroianni
Production designer
Mario Garbuglia
Costume designer
Yves Saint Laurent
Costume designer
Piero Tosi
Costume designer
Vera Marzot
United States release June 23, 1977 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Rusconi Film, New Line Cinema
Production
Gaumont International
Production
Rusconi Film
Production
New Line Cinema
Studio
France · Italy
Produced in
Le Filet · Les Feux de l'hiver
Working titles
Languages
Original title
Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 10, 1974
Premiere · Milan
Italy · December 20, 1974
Theatrical · Rome
United States · June 23, 1977
Theatrical
United States
September 26, 1975 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
July 7, 2018 · Limited theatrical · Harvard Film Archive
Belgium
November 5, 1975 · Theatrical · Gent
Brazil
May 6, 2011 · Theatrical
Denmark
December 26, 1975 · Theatrical
Finland
April 11, 1975 · Theatrical
France
March 19, 1975 · Theatrical
June 13, 2012 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
March 27, 1975 · Theatrical · West Germany
November 2, 1979 · Theatrical · East Germany
Greece
May 21, 2009 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 30, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-Issue
Hungary
April 17, 1980 · Theatrical
Italy
December 24, 1974 · Theatrical · Turin
Japan
November 25, 1978 · Theatrical
Poland
March 22, 1976 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 24, 1978 · Theatrical
May 11, 1978 · Theatrical · Porto
December 21, 1980 · Limited theatrical · Porto (Cineclube do Porto)
Russia
July 1, 1977 · Theatrical
Serbia
February 27, 2009 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
Spain
September 1, 1975 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 6, 1975 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 5, 1976 · Theatrical
August 15, 2016 · Physical · DVD
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