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# A tangled web of bizarre mystery
Drama   Romance
📜 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 Available: Italian
📆 Date Released: 1974-12-20
⌚ Running Time: 121 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.3

Beloved Cast

Burt Lancaster original image
Professor
Burt Lancaster
Helmut Berger original image
Konrad Huebel
Helmut Berger
Silvana Mangano original image
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
Silvana Mangano
Claudia Marsani original image
Lietta Brumonti
Claudia Marsani
Stefano Patrizi original image
Stefano
Stefano Patrizi
Elvira Cortese original image
Erminia
Elvira Cortese
Philippe Hersent original image
Doorman
Philippe Hersent
Guy Tréjan original image
Art Dealer
Guy Tréjan
Jean-Pierre Zola original image
Blanchard
Jean-Pierre Zola
Umberto Raho original image
Police Inspector Bernai
Umberto Raho
Enzo Fiermonte original image
Police Inspector
Enzo Fiermonte
Romolo Valli original image
Michelli
Romolo Valli
George Clatot original image
George Clatot
Valentino Macchi original image
Valentino Macchi
Vittorio Fanfoni original image
Vittorio Fanfoni
Lorenzo Piani original image
Lorenzo Piani
Margherita Horowitz original image
Maid
Margherita Horowitz
Claudia Cardinale original image
Professor's Wife (uncredited)
Claudia Cardinale
Dominique Sanda original image
Professor's Mother (uncredited)
Dominique Sanda

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