Nest of Vipers (1978)
1h 45m
Running Time
March 3, 1978Release Date
Nest of Vipers (1978)
1h 45m
Running Time
March 3, 1978Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie and falls in love with a mature teacher, Carla, the mother of his friend Renato, and then with his young colleague, Elena.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ornella Muti
Elena Mazzarini
Senta Berger
Carla Richter
Capucine
Amalia Mazzarini
Christian Borromeo
Renato Richter
Stefano Patrizi
Mattia Morandi
Giancarlo Sbragia
Maffei
Giuliana Calandra
Teacher
Paolo Bonacelli
Paolo Mazzarini
Maria Monti
Linda
Mattia Sbragia
Edoardo Mazzarini
Eros Pagni
Commissioner Franchetti
Tonino Cervi
Director
Cesare Frugoni
Writer
Goffredo Parise
Writer
Roger Peyrefitte
Writer
Piero La Mantia
Producer
Vince Tempera
Composer
Armando Nannuzzi
Cinematographer
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator
Nino Baragli
Editor
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Daniele Nannuzzi
Camera Operator
Marco Cristiani
Assistant Camera
Michele Marsala
Line Producer
Wayne A. Finkelman
Costume Design
Ezio Di Monte
Assistant Production Design
Maurizio Giustini
Makeup Artist
Beatrice Banfi
Script Supervisor
Renato Cadueri
Sound Mixer
Maura Zuccherofino
Seamstress
Paolo Franceschi
Hairstylist
Ferdinando Pescetelli
Sound
Alvaro Rossi
Assistant Makeup Artist
Stefania Santinelli
Assistant Hairstylist
Giovanni Bernardi
Production Secretary
Elvira Tonini
Assistant Editor
Bruna Abbatelli
Assistant Editor
Gastone De Mattia
Production Secretary
Claudio Vinale
Unit Manager
Giulio Diamanti
Key Grip
Marcello Gabriele
Gaffer
Bruno Angeletti
Gaffer
Fernanda Zuccherofino
Seamstress
Carla Crovato
Production Secretary
Rosetta Sestili
Production Secretary
Umberto Tavi
Administration
Claudio Mammarella
Production Secretary
Andrée Ruth Shammah
First Assistant Director
Manlio Pescetelli
Boom Operator
Giovanni Caenazzo
Giancarlo Marinangeli
Raffaele Di Mario
Suzanne Creese Bates
Antonia Cancellieri
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 3, 1978
Original NameRitratto di borghesia in nero
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingR
Box Office$27,182
Genres
Wiki.
Nest of Vipers (Italian: Ritratto di borghesia in nero, lit. 'Portrait of a Bourgeois in Black') is a 1978 Italian drama film directed by Tonino Cervi. Based on the 1949 short story La maîtresse de piano (The Piano Teacher) by Roger Peyrefitte and set in Venice under fascism, its themes include illicit sex, betrayal, revenge, blackmail, perjury, police corruption and murder.