Film

Conversation Piece

1974 · 2h 1m · Drama · Romance

A tangled web of bizarre mystery

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

83%

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.

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

George Clatot

Valentino Macchi

Vittorio Fanfoni

Lorenzo Piani

• Luchino ViscontiDirector · Screenplay
• Enrico MedioliStory · Screenplay
• Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
• Giovanni BertolucciProducer
• Pasqualino De SantisDirector of Photography
• Franco ManninoOriginal Music Composer
• Ruggero MastroianniEditor

Conversation Piece (1974) | Official Italian TrailerConversation Piece (1974) Original Trailer [FHD]

Release date

December 20, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

2h 1m

Rated

R

Genres

Drama, Romance

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