Conversation Piece (film)

Conversation Piece
UK DVD cover
ItalianGruppo di famiglia in un interno
Directed byLuchino Visconti
Written bySuso Cecchi d'Amico
Enrico Medioli
Luchino Visconti
Produced byGiovanni Bertolucci
StarringBurt Lancaster
Helmut Berger
Silvana Mangano
Claudia Marsani
Stefano Patrizi
Romolo Valli
Claudia Cardinale
Dominique Sanda
CinematographyPasqualino De Santis
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byFranco Mannino
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Release dates
  • 10 December 1974 (1974-12-10) (Milan)
  • 20 December 1974 (1974-12-20) (Italy)
  • 19 March 1975 (1975-03-19) (France)
Running time
121 minutes
CountriesItaly
France

Conversation Piece (Italian: Gruppo di famiglia in un interno) is a 1974 drama film directed, co-written, and produced by Luchino Visconti.[1] It stars Burt Lancaster, Helmut Berger, Silvana Mangano, and Romolo Valli; with cameo appearances by Claudia Cardinale and Dominique Sanda.[2] The film explores such themes as the collision between old and new, imminence of death, existential crises, and the sociopolitical gap between generations. The title refers to an informal group portrait, especially those painted in Britain in the 18th century, beginning in the 1720s.

  1. ^ "Conversation Piece". mubi.com. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Conversation Piece (1974)". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 23 December 2019.