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The Key

The Key

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1983•1h 50m•6.0/10
DramaRomance

Ratings

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6.0/10(434)

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.

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Production

Selenia Cinematografica, International Video Service, San Francisco Film

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Stefania Sandrelli

Stefania Sandrelli

Teresa Rolfe

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Nino Rolfe

Franco Branciaroli

Franco Branciaroli

Laszlo Apony

Barbara Cupisti

Barbara Cupisti

Lisa Rolfe

Armando Marra

Armando Marra

Maria Grazia Bon

Giulietta

Gino Cavalieri

Gino Cavalieri

Don Rusetto

Piero Bortoluzzi

Memo Longobardi

Irma Veithen

The Nurse

Eolo Capritti

Eolo Capritti

Maria Pia Colonnello

Milly Corinaldi

Milly Corinaldi

Giustina

Edgardo Fugagnoli

Luciano Gasper

Giovanni Michelagnoli

Dr. Fano

Osiride Pevarello

Osiride Pevarello

Sara Tagliapietra

Mirella Zardo

Paolo Biagetti

Tinto Brass

Tinto Brass

Father Confessor

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