Conversation Piece (1974)
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.
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Writers:
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti.
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Burt Lancaster as Professor |
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Silvana Mangano as Marquess Bianca Brumonti |
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Helmut Berger as Konrad Huebel |
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Claudia Marsani as Lietta Brumonti |
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Stefano Patrizi as Stefano |
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Elvira Cortese as Erminia |
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Philippe Hersent as Doorman |
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Guy Tréjan as Art Dealer |
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Jean-Pierre Zola as Blanchard |
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Umberto Raho as Police Inspector Bernai |
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Enzo Fiermonte as Police Inspector |
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Romolo Valli as Michelli |
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George Clatot as |
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Valentino Macchi as |
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Vittorio Fanfoni as |
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Lorenzo Piani as |
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Margherita Horowitz as Maid |
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Claude Cardinale as Professor's Wife (uncredited) |
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Dominique Sanda as Professor's Mother (uncredited) |
| Art | Mario Garbuglia | Production Design |
| Directing | Luchino Visconti | Director |
| Sound | Franco Mannino | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Production | Lucio Trentini | Production Manager |
| Production | Federico Starace | Production Secretary |
| Editing | Lea Mazzocchi | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Renata Franceschi | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Alfredo Menchini | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Claudio Maielli | Sound |
| Camera | Adolfo Bartoli | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Remo Stampiggioni | Administration |
| Camera | Nino Cristiani | Camera Operator |
| Production | Enzo Lucarini | Administration |
| Camera | Marcello Mastrogirolamo | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Gianni Maddaleni | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Decio Trani | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Mario Tursi | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Mario Cimini | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eligio Trani | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aldo Signoretti | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Luciano Leoni | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Tosi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Fanetti | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppina Delli Carpini | Seamstress |
| Camera | Aldo Colanzi | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yves Saint Laurent | Costume Design |
| Production | Federico Tocci | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Franco Mannino | Conductor |
| Art | Nazzareno Piana | Assistant Production Design |
| Directing | Albino Cocco | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Louise Vincent | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Ferdinando Giovannoni | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Carlo Gervasi | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Giorgio Treves | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alessio Girotti | Second Assistant Director |
| Writing | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Enrico Medioli | Story |
| Writing | Enrico Medioli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luchino Visconti | Screenplay |
| Camera | Pasqualino De Santis | Director of Photography |
| Production | Giovanni Bertolucci | Producer |
| Crew | Renato Massimiani | Thanks |
| Art | Alvaro Belsole | Construction Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Marzot | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Eros Bacciucchi | Special Effects |
| Crew | Giovanni Bacciucchi | Special Effects |
| Art | Dario Simoni | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
