Conversation Piece

1974 · directed by Luchino Visconti

Rating
77/100
Hit
no

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.

Conversation Piece (1974), directed by Luchino Visconti, rates 77/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Burt Lancaster
  • Silvana Mangano
  • Helmut Berger
  • Claudia Marsani
  • Stefano Patrizi
  • Elvira Cortese
  • Philippe Hersent
  • Guy Tréjan
  • Jean-Pierre Zola
  • Umberto Raho

Crew

More from Luchino Visconti

  1. The Leopard (1963) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Obsession (1943) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Rocco and His Brothers (1960) — 84/100 · hit
  4. White Nights (1957) — 82/100 · hit
  5. Sandra (1965) — 82/100 · hit
  6. La Terra Trema (1949) — 80/100 · hit

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