The Conformist - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "The Conformist"
Il conformista (1971)
Timing:
1:48 (108 min)
7.641/10
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Actors and characters
Fosco Giachetti
Character The Colonel
José Quaglio
Character Italo Montanari
Yvonne Sanson
Character Giulia's Mother
Antonio Maestri
Character Confessor
Alessandro Haber
Character Drunk Blind Man
Massimo Sarchielli
Character Blind Man
Pierangelo Civera
Character Franz
Christian Aligny
Character Raoul
Carlo Gaddi
Character Hired Killer
Umberto Silvestri
Character Hired Killer
Furio Pellerani
Character Hired Killer
Pasquale Fortunato
Character Young Marcello
Sergio Graziani
Character Marcello Clerici (voice)
Rita Savagnone
Character Anna (voice)
Arturo Dominici
Character The Colonel (voice)
Giuseppe Rinaldi
Character Italo (voice)
Lydia Simoneschi
Character Giulia's Mother (voice)
Gianni Amico
Character Pupil Prof. Quadri (uncredited)
Christian Belaygue
Character Gipsy (uncredited)
Benedetto Benedetti
Character Minister (uncredited)
Claudio Cappeli
Character Hired Killer (uncredited)
Romano Costa
Character Man Opening the Door (uncredited)
Marilyn Goldin
Character Flower Seller (uncredited)
Marta Lado
Character Marcello's Daughter (uncredited)
Giorgio Pelloni
Character Pupil Prof. Quadri (uncredited)
Filippo Perego
Character Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Gino Vagniluca
Character Secretary (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- The hospital where the protagonist’s father is staying is Teatro Libera, or “Free Theatre,” on the outskirts of Rome. This massive Art Nouveau building of white marble has also been featured in other films and television programs.
- When the protagonist asks the operator to connect him with Professor Quadri, he gives a phone number that once belonged to Bernardo Bertolucci’s (1941-2018) idol, Jean-Luc Godard. When Quadri answers, the protagonist recalls one of the lectures in which Quadri said: “The time for reflection is over. The time for action has come.” These words open Godard’s 1960 film, *Le Petit Soldat* (The Little Soldier).
- Bernardo Bertolucci was introduced to the novel of the same name (1947) by Alberto Moravia (1907-1990), which later served as the literary basis for the film, by his then-girlfriend, Maria Paola Maino. He liked how she described the book, but he himself was busy working on *The Spider’s Strategy* (1970) and hadn’t read the novel at the time he pitched the idea of an adaptation to Luigi Luraschi (1905-2002) of Paramount Pictures. Bertolucci was so convincing that Luraschi agreed to sponsor the filming and then handle the film’s distribution. Just a month later, Bertolucci was busy reading the novel and simultaneously writing the screenplay for the future film.
- Initially, the film's editing was handled, as usual, by Roberto Perpignani, and he edited the film linearly, i.e., chronologically in order. Soon, however, some of the film's storylines were edited by Franco Arcalli (1929-1978), and he did so by alternating the past with the present, thereby changing the film's structure. The result made such an impression on Bertolucci that he entrusted the editing of the entire film to Arcalli, and subsequently worked only with him.
- Before casting Dominique Sanda as Anna Quadri, Bernardo Bertolucci offered the role to Brigitte Bardot.
- On his way to Quadri, the protagonist utters the phrase in Latin “Animula, vagula, blandula, hospes comesque corporis,” or “Little soul, wandering and tender, guest and companion of the body.” This is the first line of an epitaph attributed to the ancient Roman emperor Hadrian (76-138).
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