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Crew:
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Screenplay: Bernardo Bertolucci
DOP: Vittorio Storaro
Production: Marianne Productions, Maran Film, Mars Film
Digital presentation courtesy of Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
Screenplay: Bernardo Bertolucci
DOP: Vittorio Storaro
Production: Marianne Productions, Maran Film, Mars Film
Digital presentation courtesy of Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
A political thriller set in Mussolini’s Italy, The Conformist is an incisive portrait of the self-loathing, repressed Marcello who is drawn to Fascism. Aching to fit in in 1938 Rome, he is despatched to Paris to murder his former, anti-fascist college professor. A furious energy is contained in the film’s truly unforgettable scenes: a wedding night on a train, Marcello’s wife Stefania Sandrelli and her lover Dominique Sanda dancing the tango, a limousine ambushed in a wintry forest.
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Cast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin -
Original Title:
Il conformista -
Country:
Germany, Italy, France -
Year:
1970 - 113'
Crew:
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Screenplay: Bernardo Bertolucci
DOP: Vittorio Storaro
Production: Marianne Productions, Maran Film, Mars Film
Digital presentation courtesy of Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
Screenplay: Bernardo Bertolucci
DOP: Vittorio Storaro
Production: Marianne Productions, Maran Film, Mars Film
Digital presentation courtesy of Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna
Director
Bernardo Bertolucci

Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian screenwriter and director whose films are known for their colourful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy, in 1940. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. His films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Stealing Beauty and The Dreamers.