Dec 20, 1974
121 min
Full-HD

Conversation Piece (1974)

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.

Category

Drama Romance

Country

France Italy

Companies

Gaumont International Rusconi Film

Burt Lancaster

Professor

Helmut Berger

Konrad Huebel

Silvana Mangano

Marquess Bianca Brumonti

Claudia Marsani

Lietta Brumonti

Stefano Patrizi

Stefano

Elvira Cortese

Erminia

Philippe Hersent

Doorman

Guy Tréjan

Art Dealer

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