Nest of Vipers

Nest of Vipers (1978, Italy) is a Drama film directed by Tonino Cervi.

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Main Details

• Released in 1978
• Color
• Running Time: 105 minutes
• Production Co: Mars Film
• Distribution Co: Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1978) (West Germany) (UK) (Italy) | Morava Film (Yugoslavia) (theatrical) | Paramount Pictures (1979) (Canada) (Québec) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) | Universal Pictures International (UPI) (1978) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Directed by Tonino Cervi
• Starring: Senta Berger, Ornella Muti, Capucine, Paolo Bonacelli
• Produced by Piero La Mantia
• Music by Vince Tempera
• Cinematography by Armando Nannuzzi
• Film Editing by Nino Baragli

Plot Summary

• 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.

Also known as

• Ritratto di borghesia in nero
• Die nackte Bourgeoisie
• Moeurs cachées de la bourgeoisie
• Portrait of a Bourgeois in Black

Tagline

• The story of an obsessed love...and the three destinies shaped by it.