Movie
Conversation Piece
Released: December 20, 1974 (1974)
Runtime: 121 minutes
Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Elvira Cortese as Erminia
Age at release: 64
- Philippe Hersent as Doorman
Age at release: 62
- Burt Lancaster as Professor
Age at release: 61
- Jean-Pierre Zola as Blanchard
Age at release: 58
- Guy Tréjan as Art Dealer
Age at release: 53
- Umberto Raho as Police Inspector Bernai
Age at release: 52
- Silvana Mangano as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
Age at release: 44
- Helmut Berger as Konrad Huebel
Age at release: 30
- Stefano Patrizi as Stefano
Age at release: 24
- Claudia Marsani as Lietta Brumonti
Age at release: 15
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- Enzo Fiermonte as Police Inspector
Age at release: 66
- Margherita Horowitz as Maid
Age at release: 55
- Romolo Valli as Michelli
Age at release: 49
Age at release: 37
- Claudia Cardinale as Professor's Wife (uncredited)
Age at release: 36
Age at release: 30
Age at release: 30
- Dominique Sanda as Professor's Mother (uncredited)
Age at release: 23
Age at release: Unknown