The Inheritance (1976 film)

The Inheritance
Film poster
Directed byMauro Bolognini
Written bySergio Bazzini
Roberto Bigazzi
Gaetano Carlo Chelli
Ugo Pirro
Produced byGianni Hecht Lucari
StarringAnthony Quinn
CinematographyEnnio Guarnieri
Edited byNino Baragli
Music byEnnio Morricone
Release date
  • 21 October 1976 (1976-10-21)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Inheritance (Italian: L'eredità Ferramonti) is a 1976 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where Dominique Sanda won the award for Best Actress. Based on the eponymous novel by Gaetano Carlo Chelli and set among the huge changes taking place in Rome around 1880, it recounts the tale of an unhappy family riven by lust and greed.