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A tangled web of bizarre mystery

R 1974 · 121 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Luchino Visconti · Written by Suso Cecchi d'Amico

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Burt Lancaster Professor
Silvana Mangano Marquess Bianca Brumonti
Helmut Berger Konrad Huebel
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
Enzo Fiermonte Police Inspector
Romolo Valli Michelli

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