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Special Features: New 4K Restoration

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A retired professor and art lover leads a solitary life in his abode in Rome. Countess Bianca Brumonti insists on renting a floor of his mansion, and he agrees in exchange for a unique painting that he wants for his collection. But the arrival of the countess’ eccentric family turns his quiet life upside down. Alongside Burt Lancaster as the professor, Silvana Mangano and Helmut Berger star in the roles of Bianca and her young lover, Konrad Huebel — central characters in this family possessing rather unusual moral values. In the film, the professor succumbs to the charms of Konrad, despite his vulgar nature, and a strange relationship — based on desire and domination — comes to exist between them. For some, this fictitious couple is a metaphor for the relationship that was formed between writer/director Luchino Visconti and Helmut Berger. (Note courtesy of Kino Lorber.) DIR/SCR Luchino Visconti; SCR Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Enrico Medioli; PROD Giovanni Bertolucci. Italy/France, 1974, color, 121 min. In English and Italian with English subtitles. RATED R

The restoration was carried out by CSC – Cineteca Nazionale (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia) using the original 35mm camera negative and the optical sound negative. Image processing, scanning to UHD 4K and final grading were completed at Studio Emme, Rome. This new edition restores Visconti’s precise chromatic design, elegant interior compositions and sonic detail with unprecedented clarity and fidelity.

Run Time: 121 Minutes

Opening Date: Saturday, May 16, 2026

Genre: Drama, romance

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