Directed by:
Luchino ViscontiCinematography:
Pasqualino De SantisComposer:
Franco ManninoCast:
Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, Stefano Patrizi, Claudia Cardinale, Dominique Sanda, Claudia Marsani, Guy Tréjan, Romolo Valli (more)Plots(1)
A retired American professor (Burt Lancaster) lives a solitary and luxurious life in a house in Rome. His world takes an unexpected turn when he is forced to rent part of his house to a countess and her companions: a lover, a daughter and the daughter's boyfriend. Forced into interaction with the unruly younger group, the professor's growing fascination begins to stir the possibilities of a life he had previously kept at arm's length. A sumptuous, grandly enjoyable chamber drama with a wry sense of humour, Conversation Piece features an international ensemble cast including Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano and Stefano Patrizi (with uncredited cameos by Claudia Cardinale and Dominique Sanda). (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Burt Lancaster
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
1900 (1976)
Helmut Berger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Damned (1969)
Silvana Mangano
Italy
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
The Great War (1959)
Stefano Patrizi
Italy
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Hurried Man (1977)
Lion of the Desert (1981)
Claudia Cardinale
Tunisia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
History (1986) (TV movie)
Dominique Sanda
France
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Navire Night (1979)
Claudia Marsani
Kenya
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Probability Factor (1976)
Guy Tréjan
France
Best movies:
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Romolo Valli
Italy
Best movies:
An Average Little Man (1977)
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Enzo Fiermonte
Italy
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Man of the East (1972)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Umberto Raho
Italy
Best movies:
Holy Year (1976)
The Confession (1970)
The Moro Affair (1986)
Jean-Pierre Zola
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Conversation Piece (1974)
My Uncle (1958)
Philippe Hersent
France
Best movies:
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Innocent (1976)
Behold the Man (1935)
Margherita Horowitz
Poland
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Man of the East (1972)
Viva Italia! (1977)
Lorenzo Piani
Italy
Best movies:
Holy Year (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Valentino Macchi
Italy
Best movies:
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
Conversation Piece (1974)
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)
Vittorio Fanfoni
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Conversation Piece (1974)
I Am Afraid (1977)