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A tangled web of bizarre mystery
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Burt LancasterProfessor
Silvana ManganoMarquess Bianca Brumonti
Helmut BergerKonrad Huebel
Claudia MarsaniLietta Brumonti
Stefano PatriziStefano
Elvira CorteseErminia
Philippe HersentDoorman
Guy TréjanArt Dealer
Jean-Pierre ZolaBlanchard
Umberto RahoPolice Inspector Bernai
Enzo FiermontePolice Inspector
Romolo ValliMichelliExplore the crew
- Director
- Luchino Visconti
- Original Music Composer
- Franco Mannino
- Editor
- Ruggero Mastroianni
- Screenplay
- Enrico Medioli
- Screenplay
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Screenplay
- Luchino Visconti
- Director of Photography
- Pasqualino De Santis
- Producer
- Giovanni Bertolucci