Conversation Piece

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.

Discover

Burt Lancaster

Professor

Helmut Berger

Konrad Huebel

Silvana Mangano

Marquess Bianca Brumonti

Claudia Marsani

Lietta Brumonti

Guy Tréjan

Art Dealer

Umberto Raho

Police Inspector Bernai

Enzo Fiermonte

Police Inspector

Romolo Valli

Michelli

Claudia Cardinale

Professor's Wife (uncredited)

Dominique Sanda

Professor's Mother (uncredited)

Art

Mario Garbuglia

Production Design

Ferdinando Giovannoni

Assistant Production Design

Nazzareno Piana

Assistant Production Design

Carlo Gervasi

Set Decoration

Alvaro Belsole

Construction Manager

Dario Simoni

Set Decoration

Camera

Nino Cristiani

Camera Operator

Mario Cimini

Camera Operator

Marcello Mastrogirolamo

Assistant Camera

Gianni Maddaleni

Assistant Camera

Adolfo Bartoli

Assistant Camera

Mario Tursi

Still Photographer

Aldo Colanzi

Key Grip

Pasqualino De Santis

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Eligio Trani

Makeup Artist

Aldo Signoretti

Hairstylist

Maria Fanetti

Seamstress

Piero Tosi

Costume Design

Yves Saint Laurent

Costume Design

Vera Marzot

Costume Design

Alberto De Rossi

Makeup Artist

Crew

Eros Bacciucchi

Special Effects

Giovanni Bacciucchi

Special Effects

Directing

Renata Franceschi

Script Supervisor

Albino Cocco

First Assistant Director

Louise Vincent

Second Assistant Director

Giorgio Treves

Second Assistant Director

Alessio Girotti

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Lea Mazzocchi

Assistant Editor

Alfredo Menchini

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Production

Lucio Trentini

Production Manager

Federico Starace

Production Secretary

Enzo Lucarini

Administration

Remo Stampiggioni

Administration

Federico Tocci

Unit Manager

Sound

Franco Mannino

Original Music Composer

Decio Trani

Boom Operator

Franco Mannino

Conductor

Writing

Enrico Medioli

Screenplay

Luchino Visconti

Screenplay

Art

Mario Garbuglia

Production Design

Ferdinando Giovannoni

Assistant Production Design

Nazzareno Piana

Assistant Production Design

Carlo Gervasi

Set Decoration

Alvaro Belsole

Construction Manager

Dario Simoni

Set Decoration

Camera

Nino Cristiani

Camera Operator

Mario Cimini

Camera Operator

Marcello Mastrogirolamo

Assistant Camera

Gianni Maddaleni

Assistant Camera

Adolfo Bartoli

Assistant Camera

Mario Tursi

Still Photographer

Aldo Colanzi

Key Grip

Pasqualino De Santis

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Eligio Trani

Makeup Artist

Aldo Signoretti

Hairstylist

Maria Fanetti

Seamstress

Piero Tosi

Costume Design

Yves Saint Laurent

Costume Design

Vera Marzot

Costume Design

Alberto De Rossi

Makeup Artist

Crew

Eros Bacciucchi

Special Effects

Giovanni Bacciucchi

Special Effects

Directing

Renata Franceschi

Script Supervisor

Albino Cocco

First Assistant Director

Louise Vincent

Second Assistant Director

Giorgio Treves

Second Assistant Director

Alessio Girotti

Second Assistant Director

Editing

Lea Mazzocchi

Assistant Editor

Alfredo Menchini

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Production

Lucio Trentini

Production Manager

Federico Starace

Production Secretary

Enzo Lucarini

Administration

Remo Stampiggioni

Administration

Federico Tocci

Unit Manager

Sound

Franco Mannino

Original Music Composer

Decio Trani

Boom Operator

Franco Mannino

Conductor

Writing

Enrico Medioli

Screenplay

Luchino Visconti

Screenplay