The Key

Synopsis

In 1940s Venice, after twenty years' marriage, retired art critic Nino Rolfe and his younger wife Teresa feel their passion waning. To help her shed her inhibitions and rekindle their relationship, the professor records his sexual fantasies in a diary.

Trailer

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Cast

Stefania Sandrelli

Teresa Rolfe

Frank Finlay

Nino Rolfe

Franco Branciaroli

Laszlo Apony

Barbara Cupisti

Lisa Rolfe

Armando Marra

Maria Grazia Bon

Giulietta

Gino Cavalieri

Don Rusetto

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Piero Bortoluzzi

Memo Longobardi

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Irma Veithen

The Nurse

Eolo Capritti

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Maria Pia Colonnello

Milly Corinaldi

Giustina

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Edgardo Fugagnoli

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Luciano Gasper

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Giovanni Michelagnoli

Dr. Fano

Osiride Pevarello

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Sara Tagliapietra

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Mirella Zardo

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Paolo Biagetti

Tinto Brass

Father Confessor

Crew

Art

• Paolo Biagetti Art Direction
• Roberto Magagnini Props
• Egidio Spugnini Assistant Art Director
• Paolo Biagetti Production Design
• Nello Giorgetti Assistant Art Director

Camera

• Andrea Sabatello Assistant Camera
• Gianfranco Salis Still Photographer
• Ettore Corso Assistant Camera
• Renato Cinti Key Grip
• Renzo Gabotti Grip
• Amato Gabotti Grip
• Silvano Ippoliti Director of Photography
• Fabrizio Sforza Still Photographer
• Enrico Sasso Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Antonio Maltempo Assistant Makeup Artist
• Fabrizio Sforza Makeup Artist
• Alessandra Querzola Assistant Costume Designer
• Jost Jakob Costume Design
• Angela Silighini Seamstress
• Jole Cecchini Hairstylist
• Marina Frassine Assistant Costume Designer

Crew

• Gabriella Borini Choreographer

Directing

• Tinto Brass Director
• Carlo Montanaro Second Assistant Director
• Pietro Santagada Second Assistant Director
• Domenico Saverni Second Assistant Director
• Ricky Tognazzi Assistant Director
• Luca Lachin Second Assistant Director
• Carla Cipriani Continuity

Editing

• Giovanna Ritter Assistant Editor
• Fiorenza Muller Assistant Editor
• Emanuela Lucidi Assistant Editor
• Emanuele Cassin Assistant Editor
• Tinto Brass Editor

Lighting

• Sergio Spila Gaffer

Production

• Vittorio Fornasiero Unit Manager
• Fabrizio Ancillai Production Assistant
• Aldo U. Passalacqua Production Manager
• Massimo Ferrero Unit Manager
• Mario Di Biase Production Manager
• Gene Luotto Post Production Coordinator
• Mario Sampaolo Administration
• Giovanni Bertolucci Producer
• Lilletta Bertolucci Publicist

Sound

• Alvaro Gramigna Sound Effects
• Gaetano Carito Sound
• Edmondo Gintili Foley Recordist
• Ennio Morricone Original Music Composer
• Fernando Caso Sound Effects
• Angelo Giovagnoli Musician
• Alessandro Peticca Sound Editor
• Marco Di Biase Boom Operator
• Edmondo Gintili Sound Effects Editor
• Ennio Morricone Music Director
• Fausto Ancillai Sound Mixer

Writing

• Tinto Brass Writer
• Junichirō Tanizaki Novel

Photos