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: Luchino Visconti & Enrico Medioli & Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Release date: 1974-12-20
Runtime: 121 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: A tangled web of bizarre mystery
Cast:
Burt Lancaster Burt Lancaster
Professor 
Helmut Berger Helmut Berger
Konrad Huebel 
Silvana Mangano Silvana Mangano
Marquess Bianca Brumonti 
Claudia Marsani Claudia Marsani
Lietta Brumonti 
Stefano Patrizi Stefano Patrizi
Stefano 
Elvira Cortese Elvira Cortese
Erminia 
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Also known as:
  • Conversation Piece
  • Grupo de familia
  • Zatvoreni porodični krug
  • Le Filet
  • Les Feux de l'hiver
  • I goiteia tis amartias
  • Erõszak és szenvedély
  • Kazoku no shôzô
  • Leieboerne
  • Confidències