The Key
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.
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
Rossana Canghiari
Party Guest (uncredited)
Arnaldo Caivano
Waiter (uncredited)
Ugo Tognazzi
drunk
Ricky Tognazzi
student
Tinto Brass
Writer
Tinto Brass
Director
Alvaro Gramigna
Sound Effects
Gaetano Carito
Sound
Andrea Sabatello
Assistant Camera
Edmondo Gintili
Foley Recordist
Gianfranco Salis
Still Photographer
Carlo Montanaro
Second Assistant Director
Giovanna Ritter
Assistant Editor
Pietro Santagada
Second Assistant Director
Vittorio Fornasiero
Unit Manager
Ettore Corso
Assistant Camera
Domenico Saverni
Second Assistant Director
Ricky Tognazzi
Assistant Director
Fiorenza Muller
Assistant Editor
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer
Paolo Biagetti
Art Direction
Fabrizio Ancillai
Production Assistant
Aldo U. Passalacqua
Production Manager
Massimo Ferrero
Unit Manager
Renato Cinti
Key Grip
Fernando Caso
Sound Effects
Renzo Gabotti
Grip
Emanuela Lucidi
Assistant Editor
Antonio Maltempo
Assistant Makeup Artist
Luca Lachin
Second Assistant Director
Angelo Giovagnoli
Musician
Mario Di Biase
Production Manager
Roberto Magagnini
Props
Emanuele Cassin
Assistant Editor
Alessandro Peticca
Sound Editor
Amato Gabotti
Grip
Gene Luotto
Post Production Coordinator
Mario Sampaolo
Administration
Marco Di Biase
Boom Operator
Giovanni Bertolucci
Producer
Tinto Brass
Editor
Silvano Ippoliti
Director of Photography
Junichirō Tanizaki
Novel
Fabrizio Sforza
Makeup Artist
Lilletta Bertolucci
Publicist
Egidio Spugnini
Assistant Art Director
Paolo Biagetti
Production Design
Edmondo Gintili
Sound Effects Editor
Ennio Morricone
Music Director
Alessandra Querzola
Assistant Costume Designer
Fabrizio Sforza
Still Photographer
Jost Jakob
Costume Design
Angela Silighini
Seamstress
Fausto Ancillai
Sound Mixer
Carla Cipriani
Continuity
Jole Cecchini
Hairstylist
Nello Giorgetti
Assistant Art Director
Enrico Sasso
Camera Operator
Gabriella Borini
Choreographer
Marina Frassine
Assistant Costume Designer
Sergio Spila
Gaffer