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20/12/1974 Drama, Romance 2h 1m
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A tangled web of bizarre mystery

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.

  1. Luchino Visconti

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Burt Lancaster

    Professor

  2. Silvana Mangano

    Marquess Bianca Brumonti

  3. Helmut Berger

    Konrad Huebel

  4. Claudia Marsani

    Lietta Brumonti

  5. Stefano Patrizi

    Stefano

  6. Elvira Cortese

    Erminia

  7. Philippe Hersent

    Doorman

  8. Guy Tréjan

    Art Dealer

  9. Jean-Pierre Zola

    Blanchard

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-01-04
The reclusive "Professor" (Burt Lancaster) is pretty quickly regretting his decision to rent the upstairs apartment in his villa to the Marchesa "Brumonti" (Silvana Mangano) when his housekeeper (Elvira Cortese) starts to see the ceiling cave in. Furious at the fairly wholesale damage to his own home, he goes to inspect the property and discovers "Konrad" (Helmut Berger), a rather aggressive young man who turns out to be her toy boy, and who thinks he has permission for the redevelopment! Multiple phone calls later and a semblance of peace breaks out, but not for long as we are now immersed in...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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