The Conformist
Sign in to save1970 film by Bernardo Bertolucci
Film · TMDB
7.6A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Released: 1971-01-29108 minDir: Bernardo BertolucciDrama
Cast
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Marcello Clerici
- Stefania Sandrelli as Giulia
- Gastone Moschin as Manganiello
- Dominique Sanda as Anna Quadri
- Enzo Tarascio as Professor Quadri
- Fosco Giachetti as The Colonel
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.9/10
34,656 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
98%
Metacritic
100/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 8 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Italian
- Il conformista
- Directed by
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Screenplay by
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Based on
- The Conformist , by Alberto Moravia
- Produced by
- Maurizio Lodi-Fè
- Starring
- Jean-Louis Trintignant Stefania Sandrelli Gastone Moschin Enzo Tarascio Fosco Giachetti José Quaglio Dominique Sanda Pierre Clémenti
- Cinematography
- Vittorio Storaro
- Edited by
- Franco Arcalli
- Music by
- Georges Delerue
- Production companies
- Mars Film Produzione Marianne Productions Maran Film
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures (Italy) Cinema International Corporation (France and West Germany)
- Release dates
- 1 July 1970 ( 1970-07-01 ) ( Berlin ) 7 October 1970 ( 1970-10-07 ) (Italy) 17 February 1971 ( 1971-02-17 ) (France) 16 April 1971 ( 1971-04-16 ) (West Germany)
Key dates
- Published
- 16 April 1971
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- Italian
- Director
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Screenwriter
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Cinematographer
- Vittorio Storaro
- Narrative location
- Paris
- Filming location
- Paris
Article
The Conformist (Italian: Il conformista) is a 1970 political drama film written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, based on the 1951 novel by Alberto Moravia. It stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti, José Quaglio, Dominique Sanda and Pierre Clémenti. Set in 1930s Italy, The Conformist centers on a mid-level Fascist functionary (Trintignant) who is ordered to assassinate his former professor, an anti-Fascist dissident in Paris. His mission is complicated after he begins an affair with the professor's wife (Sanda).
An international co-production between Italian, French and West German companies, The Conformist opened at the 20th Berlin International Film Festival. It received widespread acclaim from critics, and appeared on several lists of the best films of 1970. Among other accolades, it won the David di Donatello for Best Film, the Sutherland Trophy, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The cinematography, by Vittorio Storaro, was also highly praised and launched his international career.