The Key
The Key
The Key
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1983
1h 50m
6.0(433 votes)
Drama
Romance

Overview

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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28 members
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Stefania Sandrelli

Teresa Rolfe

Stefania Sandrelli
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Frank Finlay

Nino Rolfe

Frank Finlay
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Franco Branciaroli

Laszlo Apony

Franco Branciaroli
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Barbara Cupisti

Lisa Rolfe

Barbara Cupisti
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Armando Marra

Unknown Role

Armando Marra
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Maria Grazia Bon

Giulietta

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Gino Cavalieri

Don Rusetto

Gino Cavalieri
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Piero Bortoluzzi

Memo Longobardi

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Irma Veithen

The Nurse

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Eolo Capritti

Unknown Role

Eolo Capritti
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Maria Pia Colonnello

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Milly Corinaldi

Giustina

Milly Corinaldi
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Edgardo Fugagnoli

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Luciano Gasper

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Giovanni Michelagnoli

Dr. Fano

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Osiride Pevarello

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Osiride Pevarello
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Sara Tagliapietra

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Mirella Zardo

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Art

Paolo Biagetti

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Tinto Brass

Father Confessor

Tinto Brass
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Gianfranco Bullo

Unknown Role

Gianfranco Bullo
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Marina Cecchetelli

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Pietro Lorenzoni

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Arnaldo Momo

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Rossana Canghiari

Party Guest (uncredited)

Rossana Canghiari
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Arnaldo Caivano

Waiter (uncredited)

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Ugo Tognazzi

drunk

Ugo Tognazzi
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Ricky Tognazzi

student

Ricky Tognazzi

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