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7.3A 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.
Released: 1974-12-20121 minDir: Luchino ViscontiDrama, Romance
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Professor
- Silvana Mangano as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
- Helmut Berger as Konrad Huebel
- Claudia Marsani as Lietta Brumonti
- Stefano Patrizi as Stefano
- Elvira Cortese as Erminia
Themes
- art collector
- rome, italy
- political activism
- painting
- gigolo
- bourgeoisie
- retirement
- aging
- loneliness
- class differences
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
5,395 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
- Year
- 1974
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 13 wins & 4 nominations total
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