Theorem
“There are only 923 words spoken in "Teorema" – but it says everything!”
1968•NR•1h 35m•7.0•Released
MysteryDrama
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
Director
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Writer
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Languages
Italian
Studio
Aetos Produzioni Cinematografiche
Cast
Terence Stamp
The Visitor
Silvana Mangano
Lucia, the Mother
Massimo Girotti
Paolo, the Father
Anne Wiazemsky
Odetta, the Daughter
Andrés José Cruz Soublette
Pietro, the Son
Laura Betti
Emilia, the Servant
Ninetto Davoli
Angelino, the Messenger
Carlo De Mejo
Lucia's first lover
Adele Cambria
Emilia, the Second Servant
Luigi Barbini
Boy at the station
Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia
Lucia's second lover
Alfonso Gatto
Doctor
Cesare Garboli
Interviewer (uncredited)
Susanna Pasolini
Old Peasant (uncredited)
Production
Company
Aetos Produzioni Cinematografiche
Company
B.R.C. Produzione Film
Producer
Franco Rossellini
Producer
Manolo Bolognini
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