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The Conformist ()

Il conformista (original title)
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A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 7 nominations.
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Marcello Clerici (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
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Giulia
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Manganiello
Enzo Tarascio ...
Professor Quadri
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Il colonnello
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Italo Montanari
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Madre di Giulia
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Madre di Marcello
Antonio Maestri ...
Confessore
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Cieco ubriaco
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Biondo cieco
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Cieco
Pierangelo Civera ...
Franz
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Padre di Marcello
Christian Aligny ...
Raoul (as Cristian Alegny)
Carlo Gaddi ...
Hired Killer
Umberto Silvestri ...
Hired Killer
Furio Pellerani ...
Hired Killer
Luigi Antonio Guerra
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Marcello bambino
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Lino
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Anna Quadri
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gianni Amico ...
Allievo Prof. Quadri (uncredited)
Joel Barcellos ...
Allievo Prof. Quadri (uncredited)
Christian Belaygue ...
Gipsy (uncredited)
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Minister (uncredited)
Claudio Cappeli ...
Hired Killer (uncredited)
Romano Costa ...
Man opening the door (uncredited)
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Flower Seller (uncredited)
Marta Lado ...
Marcello's Daughter (uncredited)
Giorgio Pelloni ...
Allievo Prof. Quadri (uncredited)
Filippo Perego ...
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Gino Vagniluca ...
Secretario (uncredited)

Directed by

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Bernardo Bertolucci

Written by

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Alberto Moravia ... (novel)
 
Bernardo Bertolucci ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Giovanni Bertolucci ... executive producer
Maurizio Lodi-Fè ... producer (uncredited)
Henri Michaud ... co-producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Georges Delerue ... (music scored by)

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Vittorio Storaro ... director of photography

Editing by

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Franco Arcalli

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Carlo Broglio ... assistant editor
Vincenzo Di Santo ... assistant editor
Andrea Gargano ... restoration/color grading
Giancarlo Venarucci ... assistant editor

Production Design by

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Ferdinando Scarfiotti ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Ferdinando Scarfiotti

Set Decoration by

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Maria Paola Maino ... (uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Gitt Magrini

Makeup Department

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Franco Corridoni ... makeup artist
Rosa Luciani ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Giuliana Bettoja ... post-production supervisor
Mario Cotone ... production inspector
Serge Lebeau ... production manager: France
Aldo U. Passalacqua ... production supervisor
Nicola Venditti ... production inspector

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Alain Bonnot ... assistant director
Paolo Finocchi ... assistant director
Aldo Lado ... assistant director

Art Department

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Nedo Azzini ... assistant art director
Osvaldo Desideri ... assistant set decorator
Philippe Turlure ... assistant set decorator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Franco Bassi ... sound mixer
Mario Dallimonti ... sound
Guido Giorgucci ... sound
Sergio Basili ... foley artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Giuseppe Alberti ... assistant camera
Enrico Umetelli ... camera operator
Alberico Novelli ... electrician (uncredited)
Angelo Novi ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Piero Cicoletti ... assistant costumer

Music Department

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Georges Delerue ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Flavia Sante Vanin ... script girl (as Flavia Vanin)

Additional Crew

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Lee Kresel ... dialogue director: English version
Maurizio Lodi-Fè ... presenter (as Maurizio Lodi-Fe')
Loredana Pagliaro ... production secretary
Al Lo Presti ... supervisor: English version
Pietro Sassaroli ... administrator
Attilio Viti ... production secretary
Arturo Dominici ... voice dubbing: Fosco Giachetti (uncredited)
Sergio Graziani ... voice dubbing: Jean-Louis Trintignant (uncredited)
Giuseppe Rinaldi ... voice dubbing: José Quaglio (uncredited)
Rita Savagnone ... voice dubbing: Dominique Sanda (uncredited)
Lydia Simoneschi ... voice dubbing: Yvonne Sanson (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

This story opens in 1938 in Rome, where Marcello has just taken a job working for Mussollini and is courting a beautiful young woman who will make him even more of a conformist. Marcello is going to Paris on his honeymoon and his bosses have an assignment for him there. Look up an old professor who fled Italy when the fascists came into power. At the border of Italy and France, where Marcello and his bride have to change trains, his bosses give him a gun with a silencer. In a flashback to 1917, we learn why sex and violence are linked in Marcello's mind. Written by Dale O'Connor

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Taglines Bertolucci's Masterpiece about Sex and Politics [re-release] See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le conformiste (France)
  • Der Konformist (West Germany)
  • Der große Irrtum (West Germany)
  • The Conformist (United States)
  • The Conformist (World-wide, English title)
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Runtime
  • 113 min
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Box Office

Budget $750,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $1,359,313

Did You Know?

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Trivia The hospital that Clerici's father is at is actually the Teatro Libera (Free Theater) at the Palazzo dei Congressi in EUR, a massive complex on the outskirts of Rome that was begun as a monument to the Fascist Government. This massive, modernist white marble complex and theater have appeared in several other films and television shows. See more »
Goofs A radio tower appears in a flashback to Marcello's Rome boyhood in 1917. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Chi È Più Felice Di Me? See more »
Quotes Italo: A normal man? For me, a normal man is one who turns his head to see a beautiful woman's bottom. The point is not just to turn your head. There are five or six reasons. And he is glad to find people who are like him, his equals. That's why he likes crowded beaches, football, the bar downtown...
Marcello: At Piazza Venice.
Italo: He likes people similar to himself and does not trust those who are different. That's why a normal man is a true brother, a true citizen, a true patriot...
Marcello: A true fascist.
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