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Conversation Piece

    Drama
    Romance
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Dec 20, 1974
Rated R

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.

Details

  • Directors
  • Vote Average
    7.3
  • Vote Count
    140
  • Popularity
    13
  • Language
    Italiano
  • Origin Country
    IT

Cast

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Burt Lancaster
Professor
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Helmut Berger
Konrad Huebel
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Silvana Mangano
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
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Claudia Marsani
Lietta Brumonti
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Stefano Patrizi
Stefano
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Elvira Cortese
Erminia
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Philippe Hersent
Doorman
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Guy Tréjan
Art Dealer
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Jean-Pierre Zola
Blanchard
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Umberto Raho
Police Inspector Bernai
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Enzo Fiermonte
Police Inspector
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Romolo Valli
Michelli
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George Clatot
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Valentino Macchi
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Vittorio Fanfoni
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Lorenzo Piani
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Margherita Horowitz
Maid
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Claudia Cardinale
Professor's Wife (uncredited)
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Dominique Sanda
Professor's Mother (uncredited)

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