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Conversation Piece(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-12-20
73%
147 Votes
Time: 2h 1m
A tangled web of bizarre mystery
Overview:
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.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
France,
Italy
ProductionCompanies:
Gaumont International
Rusconi Film
Movie: Conversation Piece
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Jean-Pierre Zola
Blanchard
Umberto Raho
Police Inspector Bernai
Video Trailer Conversation Piece
Video: Conversation Piece (1974) | Official Italian Trailer
Conversation Piece (1974) | Official Italian Trailer
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Conversation Piece (1974) Original Trailer [FHD]
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Conversation Piece (1974) | Official Italian Trailer - Trailer
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Conversation Piece (1974) Original Trailer [FHD] - Trailer
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