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A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%, Metacritic 64/100. Scores higher than 76% of the 1,110 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic64/100
170 audience votes
Key crew
- Luchino ViscontiDirector
- Franco ManninoOriginal Music Composer
- Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
- Enrico MedioliScreenplay
- Luchino ViscontiScreenplay
Cast
- Burt LancasterProfessor
- Silvana ManganoMarquess Bianca Brumonti
- Helmut BergerKonrad Huebel
- Claudia MarsaniLietta Brumonti
- Stefano PatriziStefano
- Elvira CorteseErminia
- Philippe HersentDoorman
- Guy TréjanArt Dealer
- Jean-Pierre ZolaBlanchard
- Umberto RahoPolice Inspector Bernai
- Enzo FiermontePolice Inspector
- Romolo ValliMichelli
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Themes
art collectorrome, italypolitical activismpaintinggigolobourgeoisieretirementaginglonelinessclass differences
The Best Movies of 1974
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