La chiave (1983)
La vicenda del film si svolge a Venezia, una Venezia del tempo fascista alla vigilia della dichiarazione della seconda guerra mondiale. E' la storia di un anziano professore inglese, direttore della Biennale d'arte, e della sua giovane moglie Teresa. Ambedue sono alla ricerca del proprio "io" nel loro rapporto sessuale. Un giorno il marito lascia di proposito sul pavimento del suo studio la chiave che apre il cassetto in cui tiene nascosto il diario ove egli narra le sue lussuriose fantasie. Teresa, per caso, trova la chiave, apre il cassetto e si impossessa del diario. Lo legge ed è spinta, a sua volta, a scriverne uno suo in cui anch'essa confessa tutta la sua passione amorosa e gli inganni che essa consuma insieme al giovane fidanzato della figlia.
Direttore: Tinto Brass
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Stefania Sandrelli as Teresa Rolfe |
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Frank Finlay as Nino Rolfe |
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Franco Branciaroli as Laszlo Apony |
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Barbara Cupisti as Lisa Rolfe |
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Armando Marra as |
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Maria Grazia Bon as Giulietta |
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Gino Cavalieri as Don Rusetto |
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Piero Bortoluzzi as Memo Longobardi |
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Irma Veithen as The Nurse |
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Eolo Capritti as |
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Maria Pia Colonnello as |
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Milly Corinaldi as Giustina |
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Edgardo Fugagnoli as |
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Luciano Gasper as |
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Giovanni Michelagnoli as Dr. Fano |
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Osiride Pevarello as |
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Sara Tagliapietra as |
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Mirella Zardo as |
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Paolo Biagetti as |
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Tinto Brass as Father Confessor |
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Gianfranco Bullo as |
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Marina Cecchetelli as |
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Pietro Lorenzoni as |
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Arnaldo Momo as |
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Rossana Canghiari as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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Arnaldo Caivano as Waiter (uncredited) |
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Ugo Tognazzi as drunk |
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Ricky Tognazzi as student |
| Writing | Tinto Brass | Writer |
| Directing | Tinto Brass | Director |
| Sound | Alvaro Gramigna | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Gaetano Carito | Sound |
| Camera | Andrea Sabatello | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Edmondo Gintili | Foley Recordist |
| Camera | Gianfranco Salis | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Carlo Montanaro | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Giovanna Ritter | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Pietro Santagada | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Vittorio Fornasiero | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Ettore Corso | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Domenico Saverni | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ricky Tognazzi | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Fiorenza Muller | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Art Direction |
| Production | Fabrizio Ancillai | Production Assistant |
| Production | Aldo U. Passalacqua | Production Manager |
| Production | Massimo Ferrero | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Renato Cinti | Key Grip |
| Sound | Fernando Caso | Sound Effects |
| Camera | Renzo Gabotti | Grip |
| Editing | Emanuela Lucidi | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Antonio Maltempo | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Luca Lachin | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Angelo Giovagnoli | Musician |
| Production | Mario Di Biase | Production Manager |
| Art | Roberto Magagnini | Props |
| Editing | Emanuele Cassin | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Alessandro Peticca | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Amato Gabotti | Grip |
| Production | Gene Luotto | Post Production Coordinator |
| Production | Mario Sampaolo | Administration |
| Sound | Marco Di Biase | Boom Operator |
| Production | Giovanni Bertolucci | Producer |
| Editing | Tinto Brass | Editor |
| Camera | Silvano Ippoliti | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Junichirō Tanizaki | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrizio Sforza | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Lilletta Bertolucci | Publicist |
| Art | Egidio Spugnini | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Production Design |
| Sound | Edmondo Gintili | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Music Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandra Querzola | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Fabrizio Sforza | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jost Jakob | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angela Silighini | Seamstress |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Carla Cipriani | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iole Cecchini | Hairstylist |
| Art | Nello Giorgetti | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Enrico Sasso | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Gabriella Borini | Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Frassine | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Sergio Spila | Gaffer |