CONVERSATION PIECE
by Luchino Visconti Di Modrone
synopsis
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.
| international title: | Conversation Piece |
| original title: | Gruppo di famiglia in un interno |
| country: | Italy, France |
| year: | 1974 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Luchino Visconti Di Modrone |
| film run: | 130' |
| release date: | IT 10/12/1974, FR 19/03/1975, DE 27/03/1975, FI 11/04/1975, ES 04/1975, SE 06/10/1975, BE 05/11/1975, DK 26/12/1975, UK 05/02/1976, PL 22/03/1976, SU 01/07/1977, PT 24/03/1978, DD 02/11/1979, HU 17/04/1980, RS 27/02/2009, GR 21/05/2009 |
| screenplay: | Enrico Medioli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Luchino Visconti Di Modrone |
| cast: | Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano |
| cinematography by: | Pasqualino De Santis |
| film editing: | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| art director: | Mario Garbuglia |
| costumes designer: | Vera Marzot |
| producer: | Giovanni Bertolucci |
