Directed by:
Luchino ViscontiCinematography:
Pasqualino De SantisComposer:
Franco ManninoCast:
Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, Stefano Patrizi, Claudia Cardinale, Dominique Sanda, Claudia Marsani, Guy Tréjan, Romolo Valli (more)Plots(1)
Retired professor of American origin lives solitary life in luxurious palazzo in Rome He is confronted by vulgar Italian marchesa and her companions: her lover, her daughter and daughter's boyfriend and forced to rent to them an apartment on upper floor of his palazzo. From this point his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life is taking unexpected but inevitable turn. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Burt Lancaster](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/384/164384699_2ca976.png)
Burt Lancaster
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
![Helmut Berger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/061/168061531_dlssmh.jpg)
Helmut Berger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Damned (1969)
![Silvana Mangano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713478_959d9c.jpg)
Silvana Mangano
Italy
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
The Great War (1959)
![Stefano Patrizi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280477_ce7681.jpg)
Stefano Patrizi
Italy
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Hurried Man (1977)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
![Claudia Cardinale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268966_68e050.jpg)
Claudia Cardinale
Tunisia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
History (1986) (TV movie)
![Dominique Sanda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/424/162424217_398aa5.png)
Dominique Sanda
France
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Navire Night (1979)
![Claudia Marsani](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280923_eff33e.jpg)
Claudia Marsani
Kenya
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
![Guy Tréjan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792711_107ae4.jpg)
Guy Tréjan
France
Best movies:
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Conversation Piece (1974)
![Romolo Valli](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444440_eaca60.jpg)
Romolo Valli
Italy
Best movies:
An Average Little Man (1977)
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
![Enzo Fiermonte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677391_bfb362.jpg)
Enzo Fiermonte
Italy
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Man of the East (1972)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
![Umberto Raho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/059/364/59364322_1afa08.jpg)
Umberto Raho
Italy
Best movies:
Holy Year (1976)
The Confession (1970)
The Moro Affair (1986)
![Jean-Pierre Zola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831440_ccaaa2.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Zola
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Conversation Piece (1974)
My Uncle (1958)
Philippe Hersent
France
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Innocent (1976)
Behold the Man (1935)
Margherita Horowitz
Poland
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Man of the East (1972)
Viva Italia! (1977)
Lorenzo Piani
Italy
Best movies:
Holy Year (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Valentino Macchi
Italy
Best movies:
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)
Vittorio Fanfoni
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
I Am Afraid (1977)