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A tangled web of bizarre mystery - Conversation Piece
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Title: Conversation Piece

Release Date: 20 Dec 1974

Runtime: 2h 1m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Gaumont International, Rusconi Film

Production Companies: Gaumont International, Rusconi Film

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (144 votes)

Cast

  • Professor: Burt Lancaster
  • Konrad Huebel: Helmut Berger
  • Marquess Bianca Brumonti: Silvana Mangano
  • Lietta Brumonti: Claudia Marsani
  • Stefano: Stefano Patrizi
  • Erminia: Elvira Cortese
  • Doorman: Philippe Hersent
  • Art Dealer: Guy Tréjan
  • Blanchard: Jean-Pierre Zola
  • Police Inspector Bernai: Umberto Raho
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