Theorem (1968)
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
Director:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer:
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Terence Stamp as The Visitor |
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Silvana Mangano as Lucia, the Mother |
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Massimo Girotti as Paolo, the Father |
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Anne Wiazemsky as Odetta, the Daughter |
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Andrés José Cruz Soublette as Pietro, the Son |
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Laura Betti as Emilia, the Servant |
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Ninetto Davoli as Angelino, the Messenger |
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Carlo De Mejo as Lucia's first lover |
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Adele Cambria as Emilia, the Second Servant |
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Luigi Barbini as Boy at the station |
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Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia as Lucia's second lover |
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Alfonso Gatto as Doctor |
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Cesare Garboli as Interviewer (uncredited) |
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Susanna Pasolini as Old Peasant (uncredited) |
| Directing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Director |
| Production | Manolo Bolognini | Producer |
| Production | Franco Rossellini | Producer |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Art | Luciano Puccini | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcella De Marchis | Costume Design |
| Writing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Screenplay |
| Production | Paolo Frascà | Production Manager |
| Directing | Sergio Citti | Assistant Director |
| Art | Dario Fronzetti | Set Designer |
| Sound | Bernardino Fronzetti | Sound |
| Sound | Gianni Zampagni | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Giuseppe Buonaurio | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Luigi Conversi | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Bruno Nicolai | Music Director |
| Production | Sergio Galiano | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Vanda Tuzzi | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Otello Spila | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Manlio Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roberto Capucci | Costume Design |
| Camera | Angelo Novi | Still Photographer |