Conversation Piece
movie
A tangled web of bizarre mystery
Released December 20, 1974
Overview
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.
Cast
Burt Lancaster
as
Professor
Silvana Mangano
as
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
Helmut Berger
as
Konrad Huebel
Claudia Marsani
as
Lietta Brumonti
Stefano Patrizi
as
Stefano
Elvira Cortese
as
Erminia
Philippe Hersent
as
Doorman
Guy Tréjan
as
Art Dealer
Jean-Pierre Zola
as
Blanchard
Umberto Raho
as
Police Inspector Bernai
Enzo Fiermonte
as
Police Inspector
Romolo Valli
as
Michelli
Crew
Mario Garbuglia
as
Production Design
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Franco Mannino
as
Original Music Composer
Luchino Visconti
as
Director
Ruggero Mastroianni
as
Editor
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Lucio Trentini
as
Production Manager
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Lea Mazzocchi
as
Assistant Editor
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Renata Franceschi
as
Script Supervisor
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Federico Starace
as
Production Secretary
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Remo Stampiggioni
as
Administration
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Adolfo Bartoli
as
Assistant Camera
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Mario Cimini
as
Camera Operator
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Mario Tursi
as
Still Photographer