Theorem

Theorem

There are only 923 words spoken in "Teorema" – but it says everything!

1968•1h 35m•7.0/10

MysteryDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(438)

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.

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Production

Aetos Produzioni Cinematografiche, B.R.C. Produzione Film

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Terence Stamp

Terence Stamp

The Visitor

Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano

Lucia, the Mother

Massimo Girotti

Massimo Girotti

Paolo, the Father

Anne Wiazemsky

Anne Wiazemsky

Odetta, the Daughter

Andrés José Cruz Soublette

Andrés José Cruz Soublette

Pietro, the Son

Laura Betti

Laura Betti

Emilia, the Servant

Ninetto Davoli

Ninetto Davoli

Angelino, the Messenger

Carlo De Mejo

Carlo De Mejo

Lucia's first lover

Adele Cambria

Emilia, the Second Servant

Luigi Barbini

Boy at the station

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Lucia's second lover

Alfonso Gatto

Doctor

Cesare Garboli

Interviewer (uncredited)

Susanna Pasolini

Old Peasant (uncredited)

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