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Partner. (Original title)Il Sosia (Alternative title)
Date: 25 October 1968 (Release)

Country: Italy

Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci

Production company billing: a film produced by Giovanni Bertolucci for Red Film [end] Mono [Westrex Recording System] In Colour Technicolor - Techniscope [2.35:1]
Synopsis: The story of a man who meets his own likeness and uses him to fulfill his dreams. Based on "The Double" by Dostoyevsky.Synopsis: Some footage of Philippe Leroy whose role was deleted from 'Partner' was used in 'La sua giornata di gloria' (dir. Edoardo Bruno, qv).

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 25 October 1968Country: ItalyRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9639 FeetDialogue (original): Italian / Dialogue (original): French

Credits (30)
A Film Produced by Giovanni Bertolucci for: Red Film, With the support of: Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo, Produced by: Giovanni Bertolucci, Production Manager: Aldo U. Passalacqua, Production Supervisor: Marcello Papaleo, Production Accountant: Pietro Sassaroli, Production Secretary: Attilio Viti, Assistant Director: Gianluigi Calderone, Script Supervisor: Fabio Garribba, Story and Screenplay: Bernardo Bertolucci, Gianni Amico, Loosely based on the novel by: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Director of Photography: Ugo Piccone, Camera Operator: Saverio Diamanti, Camera Assistant: Giorgio Aureli, Stills Photographer: Marilù Parolini, Edited by: Roberto Perpignani, Assistant Editor: Maurizio Mangosi, Giancarlo Venarucci, Art Director: Francesco Tullio Altan, Costume Designer: Nicoletta Sivieri, Make-up Artist: Lamberto Marini, Hairdresser: Marcella De Marsi, Music by: Ennio Morricone, [Music] Conducted by: Bruno Nicolai, Production Sound Mixer: Manlio Magara, Boom Operator: Giorgio Minoprio, Re-recording Mixer: Romano Pampaloni, Publicity: Lucherini-Rossetti-Spinola
Cast (28)
Pierre Clementi (Jacob I), Pierre Clementi (Jacob II), Tina Aumont (detergent salesgirl), Sergio Tofano (Professor Petrushka), Giulio Cesare Castello (Professor Mozzoni), Romano Costa (Clara's father), Antonio Maestri ('Tre Zampe', Professor of Dramatic Art), Mario Venturini (professor), Alessandro Cane, Gian Paolo Capovilla, Ninetto Davoli, Vittorio Fanfoni, Luigi Guerra, Giuseppe Mangano, Giancarlo Nanni, Stefano Oppedisano, Salvatore Samperi, Umberto Silva (student), Stefania Sandrelli (Clara), Gian Vittorio Baldi (police superintendent), Jed Curtis (traveller), John Ohettplace (pianist), Rochelle Barbieri, David Grieco, Nicole Laguigner, Francesco Tullio-Altan, Sibilla Sedat (student), Philippe Leroy (role deleted)