---
title: 'The Conformist (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bernardo Bertolucci'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-conformist-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065571/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Conformist (1970)

1970 · R · 111 min · Drama, Crime · Germany, France, Italy

Original title: Il conformista

## Synopsis

The Conformist is a 1970 political drama film written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, based on the 1951 novel by Alberto Moravia. It stars Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin, Enzo Tarascio, Fosco Giachetti, José Quaglio, Dominique Sanda and Pierre Clémenti. Set in 1930s Italy, The Conformist centers on a mid-level Fascist functionary (Trintignant) who is ordered to assassinate his former professor, an anti-Fascist dissident in Paris. His mission is complicated after he begins an affair with the professor's wife (Sanda).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bernardo Bertolucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernardo-bertolucci)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernardo Bertolucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernardo-bertolucci)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Producer:** [Giovanni Bertolucci](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-bertolucci)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vittorio Storaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-storaro)
- **Editor:** [Franco Arcalli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-arcalli)

## Cast

- [Enzo Tarascio](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-tarascio)
- [Orso Maria Guerrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/orso-maria-guerrini)
- [Carlo Gaddi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-gaddi)
- [Massimo Sarchielli](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-sarchielli)
- [Jean-Louis Trintignant](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-trintignant)
- [Alessandro Haber](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-haber)
- [Pierre Clémenti](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-clementi)
- [Yvonne Sanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-sanson)
- [Stefania Sandrelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefania-sandrelli)
- [Dominique Sanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-sanda)
- [Luciano Rossi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-rossi)
- [Gastone Moschin](https://cinepixo.com/people/gastone-moschin)
- [Fosco Giachetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/fosco-giachetti)
- [Milly](https://cinepixo.com/people/milly)
- [José Quaglio](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-quaglio)

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