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The Key
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6.0(458)19831h 50m
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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Cast

Stefania Sandrelli
Teresa Rolfe

Frank Finlay
Nino Rolfe

Franco Branciaroli
Laszlo Apony

Barbara Cupisti
Lisa Rolfe

Armando Marra

Maria Grazia Bon
Giulietta

Gino Cavalieri
Don Rusetto
Piero Bortoluzzi
Memo Longobardi
Irma Veithen
The Nurse

Eolo Capritti
Maria Pia Colonnello

Milly Corinaldi
Giustina
Edgardo Fugagnoli
Luciano Gasper
Giovanni Michelagnoli
Dr. Fano

Osiride Pevarello
Sara Tagliapietra
Mirella Zardo
Paolo Biagetti

Tinto Brass
Father Confessor

Gianfranco Bullo
Marina Cecchetelli
Pietro Lorenzoni
Arnaldo Momo
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Crew
Directing
- Tinto BrassDirector
- Carlo MontanaroSecond Assistant Director
- Pietro SantagadaSecond Assistant Director
- Domenico SaverniSecond Assistant Director
- Ricky TognazziAssistant Director
- Luca LachinSecond Assistant Director
- Carla CiprianiContinuity
Writing
- Tinto BrassWriter
- Junichirō TanizakiNovel
Production
- Vittorio FornasieroUnit Manager
- Fabrizio AncillaiProduction Assistant
- Aldo U. PassalacquaProduction Manager
- Massimo FerreroUnit Manager
- Mario Di BiaseProduction Manager
- Gene LuottoPost Production Coordinator
- Mario SampaoloAdministration
- Giovanni BertolucciProducer
- Lilletta BertolucciPublicist
Camera
- Andrea SabatelloAssistant Camera
- Gianfranco SalisStill Photographer
- Ettore CorsoAssistant Camera
- Renato CintiKey Grip
- Renzo GabottiGrip
- Amato GabottiGrip
- Silvano IppolitiDirector of Photography
- Fabrizio SforzaStill Photographer
- Enrico SassoCamera Operator
Editing
- Giovanna RitterAssistant Editor
- Fiorenza MullerAssistant Editor
- Emanuela LucidiAssistant Editor
- Emanuele CassinAssistant Editor
- Tinto BrassEditor
Sound
- Alvaro GramignaSound Effects
- Gaetano CaritoSound
- Edmondo GintiliFoley Recordist
- Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer
- Fernando CasoSound Effects
- Angelo GiovagnoliMusician
- Alessandro PeticcaSound Editor
- Marco Di BiaseBoom Operator
- Edmondo GintiliSound Effects Editor
- Ennio MorriconeMusic Director
- Fausto AncillaiSound Mixer
Art
- Paolo BiagettiArt Direction
- Roberto MagagniniProps
- Egidio SpugniniAssistant Art Director
- Paolo BiagettiProduction Design
- Nello GiorgettiAssistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up
- Antonio MaltempoAssistant Makeup Artist
- Fabrizio SforzaMakeup Artist
- Alessandra QuerzolaAssistant Costume Designer
- Jost JakobCostume Design
- Angela SilighiniSeamstress
- Jole CecchiniHairstylist
- Marina FrassineAssistant Costume Designer
Crew
- Gabriella BoriniChoreographer
Lighting
- Sergio SpilaGaffer