Conversation Piece
Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
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.
- Production
- Gaumont International, Rusconi Film
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Cast
Burt Lancaster
Professor
Silvana Mangano
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
Helmut Berger
Konrad Huebel
Claudia Marsani
Lietta Brumonti
Stefano Patrizi
Stefano
Elvira Cortese
Erminia
Philippe Hersent
Doorman
Guy Tréjan
Art Dealer
Jean-Pierre Zola
Blanchard
Umberto Raho
Police Inspector Bernai
Enzo Fiermonte
Police Inspector
Romolo Valli
Michelli
Valentino Macchi
Vittorio Fanfoni
Lorenzo Piani
Margherita Horowitz
Maid
Claudia Cardinale
Professor's Wife (uncredited)
Dominique Sanda
Professor's Mother (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Luchino Visconti
- Producers
- Giovanni Bertolucci
- Cinematography
- Pasqualino De Santis
- Composer
- Franco Mannino
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CinemaSerf
January 4, 2025
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! Multip…