---
title: 'The Innocent (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luchino Visconti'
released: '1976-05-15'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-innocent-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074686/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Innocent (1976)

1976 · 125 min · Drama, Romance · France, Italy

Original title: L'innocente

## Synopsis

The Innocent is a 1976 period drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, and Jennifer O'Neill. It is an adaptation of Gabriele d'Annunzio's 1892 novel The Intruder, about a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful, he becomes enamored of her again. It was Visconti's final film, released posthumously, three months after his death in March 1976.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti)
- **Screenplay:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti), [Suso Cecchi d'Amico](https://cinepixo.com/people/suso-cecchi-d-amico), [Enrico Medioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-medioli)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franco Mannino](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-mannino)
- **Producer:** [Jacques Leitienne](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-leitienne)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pasqualino De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/pasqualino-de-santis)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Marc Porel](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-porel)
- [Marina Pierro](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-pierro)
- [Didier Haudepin](https://cinepixo.com/people/didier-haudepin)
- [Siria Betti](https://cinepixo.com/people/siria-betti)
- [Philippe Hersent](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-hersent)
- [Roberta Paladini](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberta-paladini)
- [Claude Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-mann)
- [Jennifer O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-o-neill)
- [Vittorio Zarfati](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-zarfati)
- [Marie Dubois](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-dubois)
- [Margherita Horowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/margherita-horowitz)
- [Rina Morelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/rina-morelli)
- [Giancarlo Giannini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giancarlo-giannini)
- [Elvira Cortese](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvira-cortese)
- [Laura Antonelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-antonelli)

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