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