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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.

1974 |2h 1m |  Drama, Romance

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Cast

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Burt Lancaster

Professor

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Helmut Berger

Konrad Huebel

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Silvana Mangano

Marquess Bianca Brumonti

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Claudia Marsani

Lietta Brumonti

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Stefano Patrizi

Stefano

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Elvira Cortese

Erminia

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Philippe Hersent

Doorman

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Guy Tréjan

Art Dealer

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Jean-Pierre Zola

Blanchard

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Umberto Raho

Police Inspector Bernai

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Enzo Fiermonte

Police Inspector

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Romolo Valli

Michelli

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Valentino Macchi

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Vittorio Fanfoni

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Lorenzo Piani

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Margherita Horowitz

Maid

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Claudia Cardinale

Professor's Wife (uncredited)

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Dominique Sanda

Professor's Mother (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

Italian

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