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 |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcella De Marchis | Costume Design |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Franco Rossellini | Producer |
| Art | Luciano Puccini | Production Design |
| Production | Manolo Bolognini | Producer |
| Camera | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Sound | Gianni Zampagni | Boom Operator |
| Art | Dario Fronzetti | Set Designer |
| Camera | Giuseppe Buonaurio | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Sergio Galiano | Production Secretary |
| Production | Paolo Frascà | Production Manager |
| Writing | Pier Paolo Pasolini | Screenplay |
| Sound | Bruno Nicolai | Music Director |
| Directing | Sergio Citti | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Luigi Conversi | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Bernardino Fronzetti | Sound |
| Camera | Otello Spila | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Goffredo Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Vanda Tuzzi | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Manlio Rocchetti | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Roberto Capucci | Costume Design |
| Camera | Angelo Novi | Still Photographer |