Luchino Visconti's chamber drama has Burt Lancaster's solitary professor invaded by a noisy, vulgar family. Elegant and elegiac, with its art-filled apartment, it is a late, melancholic reflection on age and change.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

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IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (5,904 votes)
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