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The Best Offer ()

La migliore offerta (original title)
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Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.

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Virgil Oldman
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Robert
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Claire Ibbetson
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Billy Whistler
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Fred
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Lambert
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Girl in the Bar
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Sarah
Caterina Capodilista ...
Young Woman
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Housekeeper
Klaus Tauber ...
Virgil's Assistant #1
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Virgil's Assistant #2
Laurence Belgrave ...
Virgil's Assistant #3
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Virgil's Assistant #4
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Barman
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Steirereck Maitre
Jim Conway ...
Steirereck Manager (as James Patrick Conway)
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First Daughter
Jacqueline Hopkins ...
Second Daughter
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Owner
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Mrs. Derain (as Ann Rita Davies)
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Showroom Manager
Anita Eberwein-Newrkla ...
Woman Head Restorer
Ami Veevers Chorlton ...
Passenger
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Jewelry Saleswoman
Wolfram Kremer ...
Merchant #1
Gerry Shanahan ...
Art Dealer #2
Katherine Wilson ...
Merchant #3
David Kevin Fells ...
Merchant #4
Jay Natelle ...
London Auction Director
Luke Charles ...
Auction Assistant
Alison Adam ...
Gallery Owner #1
Melanie Gerren ...
Gallery Owner #2
Marcus J. Cotterell ...
Oldman Auction Client #1 (as Marcus J. Cotterel)
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Tall Gentleman
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Academy President (as Vernon Alexandre Dobtcheff)
Patricia Meglio ...
Museum Woman Director
Julian Curry ...
Notary
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First Expert
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Art Expert (as Katie Mc Govern)
Andrew Ross Phillips ...
Youth
Merlin Ramml ...
Young Man in the Bar
Elizabeth Anne Kaye ...
Professor
Gerhard Haller ...
Photographer
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Woman in Restaurant
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First Woman
Helen Hutchison ...
Second Woman
Margherita Pettarin ...
First Girl
Diana Pegan ...
Second Girl
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Terri
Shelagh Gallivan ...
First Nurse
Tara Elise Schlener ...
Second Nurse
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Real Estate Agent
Karel Mika ...
Waiter Night & Day
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Client London #1 (as Simone Spinazzè)
Elizabeth Kalton ...
Client #2
Diana Hobel ...
Client London #3
Rajeev Badhan ...
Virgil's London Assistant (as Rajeev Luigi Badhan)
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Manservant (uncredited) (voice)
Beth Fryman ...
Beth (uncredited)
Erand Hoxha ...
Dealer (uncredited)
Franco Moscon ...
Auction Room Guest (uncredited)

Directed by

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Giuseppe Tornatore

Written by

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Giuseppe Tornatore ... (written by)

Produced by

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Isabella Cocuzza ... producer
Guido De Laurentiis ... line producer
Carl Hollmann ... service producer: Vienna Unit (as Carl Hollman)
Pavel Muller ... service producer: Prague Unit
Arturo Paglia ... producer
Marco Patrizi ... associate producer
Enzo Sisti ... executive producer: pre-production

Music by

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Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by

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Fabio Zamarion ... director of photography

Editing by

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Massimo Quaglia

Editorial Department

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Serena Alfieri ... post-production coordinator assistant
Christian Gazzi ... digital color grading
Alessandro Quaglia ... assistant editor
Marco Sestili ... post-production coordinator assistant
Travis Abels ... trailer editor (uncredited)
Dario Di Vito ... post-production producer (uncredited)
Pamela Quaglia ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Monica Verzolini ... post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Casting By

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Reg Poerscout-Edgerton

Production Design by

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Maurizio Sabatini

Art Direction by

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Maurizio di Clemente
Andrea Di Palma

Set Decoration by

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Raffaella Giovannetti

Costume Design by

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Brioni ... (Geoffrey Rush's costumes)
Maurizio Millenotti

Makeup Department

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Katrin Amorelli ... additional makeup artist: Alto Adige Unit
Cecilia Carbonelli ... additional makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit (as Cecilia Di Carbonelli)
Stefano Ceccarelli ... hair department head
Eliana Conca ... additional hair stylist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Silvia Elise Crivaro ... makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Barbara De Leonardis ... hair stylist: Rome Unit
Giuseppe Desiato ... additional makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Jenny Friso ... additional makeup artist: Alto Adige Unit
Maria Lofino ... makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Claudia Lokatos ... assistant makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Samankta Mura ... hair department head
Francesco Nardi ... makeup artist: Rome Unit
Cecilia Eva Nordio ... additional makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Federico Crisman Richter ... hair stylist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Luigi Rocchetti ... makeup designer
Cristian Rotella ... additional makeup artist: Alto Adige Unit
Paolo Sabbadin ... additional hair stylist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Domingo Santoro ... additional makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit / hair stylist
Lucia Santorsola ... makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Matteo Silvi ... makeup artist
Tiziana Sisi ... makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Maja Spacapan ... additional makeup artist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Michele Vigliotta ... hair stylist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Arianna Vittori ... hair stylist: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Martina Zeilmanova ... makeup artist: Prague Unit (as Martina Zeilkanova)

Production Management

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Bára Adamová ... production manager: Prague Unit (as Barbora Adamova)
Jiri Husak ... unit manager: Prague Unit (as Jiri Gustaff Husak)
Ivana Kastratovic ... unit manager: Rome Unit
Alice Marchitelli ... unit manager
Daniela Masciale ... production delegate
Erik Paoletti ... production manager: : Vienna Unit
Federico Santangelo ... unit manager: Rome Unit
Vincenzo Stabile ... unit manager: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Patrizia Stocchi ... unit manager: Alto Adige Unit
Andrea Tavani ... production manager
Monica Verzolini ... post-production supervisor
Ernst G. Vogl ... unit manager: Vienna Unit
Andrea Wurscher ... unit manager: Vienna Unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jakub Hemala ... assistant director production assistant: Prague Unit
Alberto Mangiante ... first assistant director
Jan Musil ... assistant director production assistant: Prague Unit
Barbara Pastrovich ... second assistant director
Christina Stadler ... assistant director production assistant: Vienna Unit
Jakub Strangmuller ... assistant director production assistant: Prague Unit
Livio Bordone ... second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Alessia Anfuso ... assistant set decorator
Manuel Antonini ... swing gang
Paolo Cameli ... construction painter
Valerio Cappelletti ... construction painter
Adonay Marin Conde ... set dresser
Leonardo Driussi ... assistant standby props: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Tommaso Dubla ... set dressing painter
Massimo Eleonori ... swing gang
Francesco Fonda ... assistant set decorator: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Silvia Fontana ... graphic designer
Caspare Lombardo ... construction painter (as Gaspare Lombardo)
Roberto Magagnini ... leadman
Mario Marsico ... construction painter
Matteo Mattei ... construction painter
Antonio Murer ... standby props
Sandro Piccarozzi ... assistant set decorator
Ivan Pirolli ... construction painter
Gianpaolo Rifino ... sketch artist
Jakub Strba ... standby props: Prague Unit
Antonio Tedesco ... construction painter
Federico Vianelli ... assistant standby props
Valerio Romano ... cad designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Paolo Amici ... sound effects
Italo Cameracanna ... sound effects
Riccardo Cameracanna ... sound effects
Michele Gualdrini ... assistant sound mixing
Gilberto Martinelli ... sound mixer
Gianni Pallotto ... re-recording sound mixer
Alfredo Petti ... boom operator
Daniele Quadroli ... sound effects
David Quadroli ... sound effects
Fabrizio Quadroli ... sound effects
Alessandro Ungheri ... dubbing mixer
Francesco Vallocchia ... dialogue editor
Frank von Kuegelgen ... dubbing director
Michael Miller ... adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Renato Agostini ... special effects technician
Benedetta Cappelloni ... main title designer / rolling credits
Christoph Chlebinski ... special effects: Vienna Unit
Marco Corridori ... special effects technician
Stefano Corridori ... special effects technician
Diego Sanna ... compositor: Storyteller
Roman Schneller ... special effects: Vienna Unit

Visual Effects by

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Laura Alba ... compositor: Storyteller
Daniele Aliberti ... visual effects artist: Deluxe Digital
Francesca Baiardi ... visual effects production manager: Storyteller
Paolo Bertoni ... compositor: Storyteller
Gilberto Birigozzi ... systems admistrator: Avion Film
Livio Bruno ... film recordist: Deluxe Digital
Ameleto Cascio ... compositor: Storyteller
Emiliano Colantoni ... compositor: Storyteller
Enrico De Palo ... compositor: Storyteller
Marek Duda ... compositor: Avion Film
Mauro Elefante ... digital intermediate technologist: Deluxe Digital
Stefano Ferrera ... lead visual effects artist: Storyteller
Saul Galbiati ... compositor: Storyteller
Alessandro Gelpi ... data management: Deluxe Digital
Paolo Gerosa ... compositor: Avion Film
Paolo Gnoni ... 3d modeler: Storyteller
Denis Kosar ... compositor: Avion Film / digital compositor
Denis Kozlov ... compositor: Avion Film
Jacopo Landi ... compositor: Storyteller
Gianluca Lo Guasto ... compositor: Storyteller
Alice Locuratolo ... compositor: Storyteller
Fabrizio Margaroli ... digital intermediate technician vfx crew: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Marco Moroni ... mastering: Deluxe Digital
Simone Nobili ... digital intermediate producer
Giuliano Panaccio ... compositor: Storyteller
Alessio Pericò ... compositor: Storyteller
Daniele Pezzi ... digital intermediate conform editor: Deluxe Digital
Michele Quassinti ... film recordist: Deluxe Digital
Jirí Sindelár ... lead compositor: Avion Film
Guido Tognoni ... lead visual effects artist: Storyteller
Victor Tretyakov ... compositor: Avion Film
Filippo Valsecchi ... compositor: Storyteller
Mario Zanot ... visual effects supervisor: Storyteller srl

Stunts

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Giorgio Antonini ... stunt performer
Paolo Antonini ... stunt performer
Mauro Aversano ... stunt performer
Arianna de Benedetti ... stunt performer
Alessandro Gaudio ... stunt performer
Roberto Sgarbi ... stunt performer
Massimiliano Ubaldi ... stunt performer
Franco Maria Salamon ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Roberto Albano ... electrician: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Bruno Anghelone ... key grip
Giampaolo Bagala ... grip: Rome Unit (as Giampaolo Bagalà)
Roberto Bagalá ... grip: Rome Unit (as Roberto Bagalà)
Nabil Ibrahim Bahar ... additional electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Daniele Ballarin ... additional electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Roberto Barbona ... grip
Mauro Belli ... electrician: Rome Unit
Flavio Bettin ... electrician
Simone Bramucci ... grip: Rome Unit
Maurizio Broglio ... gaffer
Flavio Cimarosti ... grip: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Alessandro Colini ... grip
Ludovico Corradini ... grip
Michael Curi ... additional grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Niccolò Curri ... additional grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Roberto Dazzan ... additional electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Cristiano Dezzi ... electrician: Rome Unit
Claudio Di Lorenzo ... grip: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Lorenzo Di Nola ... data manager
Angelo Donatone ... electrician: Rome Unit
Marco Donda ... additional grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Tudor Filimon ... additional grip: Alto Adige Unit
Matteo Formigli ... additional grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Paolo Forti ... grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Antonio Fortunati ... electrician: Rome Unit
Gianluca Gabrieli ... additional grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Fabrizio Ghirelli ... electrician: Rome Unit
Gian Claudio Giacomini ... focus puller: "b" camera
Francesco Gigliotti ... additional grip: Alto Adige Unit
Stephen Gray ... electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Michal Hersalek ... grip: Prague Unit
Massimiliano Kuveiller ... focus puller
Luca Martis ... electrician
Olive Merhout ... electrician: Prague Unit
Stefan Nemec ... electrician: Vienna Unit
Alex Novacco ... electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Milan Ota ... additional grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Valerio Palmieri ... electrician: Rome Unit
Elis Pantarotto ... electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Eleonora Patriarca ... assistant camera: Alto Adige Unit
Sergio Piercali ... additional grip: Alto Adige Unit
Pietro Ponzi ... grip: Rome Unit
Federico Porporetti ... additional grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Emilio Quinzi ... grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Fulvio Sabia ... additional electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Tommaso Scaccia ... additional grip: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Stefano Scherato ... still photographer (as Stefano Schirato)
Marcello Tallone ... electrician
Marco Tassinari ... electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Fabrizio Vicari ... first assistant camera
Davide Zanetti ... assistant camera (as Davide Dario Zanetti)
Paolo Zanni ... electrician: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Emanuele Zarlenga ... digital imaging technician
Patrizio Zincone ... grip: Rome Unit
Alessandro Brambilla ... steadicam operator (uncredited)
Fabrizio Cucinotta ... digital workflow consultant (uncredited)
Luca Martis ... best boy (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Emma Callinan ... casting assistant
Giulia Guzzo ... crowd marshall: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Jessica Horvatova ... casting: Prague Unit
Lillie Jeffrey ... casting assistant
Friedrich Noltmann ... casting: Vienna Unit
Antonella Perrucci ... crowd marshall: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Arwa Salmanova ... casting director: Czech Republic

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sara Bessich ... seamstress: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Frieda Basso Boccabella ... wardrobe assistant (as Frieda Basso)
Giovanni Casalnuovo ... first assistant costume designer
Maarian Cuccato ... seamstress: Alto Adige Unit
Sara D'Agostin ... seamstress: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Michela Dall'Ara ... seamstress: Alto Adige Unit
Elena Del Guerra ... assistant costume designer / costumer
Marianna Garelli ... seamstress: Alto Adige Unit
Ausilia Giustetti ... seamstress: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Antonella Guglielmi ... seamstress: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Enrica Iacoboni ... wardrobe assistant: Rome Unit
Aurelia Laurenti ... seamstress: Rome Unit
Ambra Maturani ... seamstress: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Rossella Plaino ... seamstress: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Marketa Prochazkova ... assistant costume department: Prague Unit (as Marketa Prochawkova)
Maria Antonietta Salvatori ... seamstress
Lena Trichtel ... costume department production assistant: Vienna Unit

Location Management

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Marco Bergamaschi ... location manager: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Romina Berni ... location manager: Alto Adige Unit
Alessandro Coleschi ... location manager: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Andreas Kispert ... assistant location manager: Vienna Unit (as Andi Kispert)
David Koranda ... assistant location manager: Prague Unit
Edoardo Moracci ... location manager: Rome Unit
Frantisek Novotný ... location manager: Prague Unit (as Frantisek Novotny)
Stephan Paterniti ... assistant location manager: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Debora Scaperrotta ... location manager: Alto Adige Unit
Ulli Wimmer-Lamquet ... location manager: Rome Unit (as Ulli Schiefer)

Music Department

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Anna De Martini ... voice
Edda Dell'Orso ... voice
Roberta Frighi ... voice
Ennio Morricone ... arranger / conductor
Luca Pincini ... musician: Cello
Paola Ronchetti ... voice
Marco Serino ... musician: Violin
Raffaele Siniscalchi ... voice
Fabio Venturi ... music editing engineer / music recordist / score mixer
Alexander Zoltan ... musician: Glass Harmonica
Tina Guo ... trailer composer (uncredited)
Pietro Milanesi ... assistant music engineer (uncredited)
Ray Armando Morabito ... trailer composer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Elide Cortesi ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Paolo Bernardini ... driver: Vienna Unit
Valentin Ciobanu ... driver
Maurizio Consoli ... driver
Giuseppe Corvaja ... driver
Alessio Fiorani ... transportation
Fabrizio Giorgio ... driver
Luigi Lumbari ... driver (as Luigi Lombari)
Fabrizio Mochi ... driver
Antonella Sanna ... driver
Michele Sardina ... unit manager: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Vincenzo Spagnuolo ... driver: Vienna Unit
Katharina Würthner ... transportation coordinator: Vienna Unit (as Katharina Wuerthner)

Additional Crew

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Matteo Apollonio ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Pierandrea Armillis ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Andrea Bancone ... production runner: Rome Unit
Valentina Bellomo ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Livio Bordone ... behind the scenes
Daniele Braida ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Andreas Burgram ... production runner: Vienna Unit
Roberto Castini ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Aldo Cestini ... caterer
Stefan Christandl ... production runner: Vienna Unit
Giulia Cignolini ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Barbara Cirulli ... crowd marshall: Rome Unit
Fabio Crepaldi ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Francesca Daccico ... production assistant
Francesco De Lorenzo ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Kristian Demartiis ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Katryn Desimon ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Nicola Di Terlizi ... production runner: Rome Unit
Aurora Dilich ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Scilla Faggin ... crowd marshall: Alto Adige Unit
Davide Ferrazzi ... crowd marshall: Alto Adige Unit
Valerio Figliolini ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Felix Frackievicz ... production runner: Prague Unit (as Felix Frackiewitz)
Andrea Frison ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Luca Geraci ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Roberto Geroldi ... production runner: Prague Unit
Jonathan Girolami ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Tomas Goldberger ... production runner: Prague Unit
Lois Gretzmacher ... production runner: Vienna Unit
Nicoletta Grillo ... payroll accountant
Mirek Holy ... production runner: Prague Unit
Maurizio Inwinkl ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Morandotti Sofia Iride ... assistant: Geoffrey Rush
Nik Kojan ... production runner: Vienna Unit
Petr Kouba ... production runner: Prague Unit
Paul Kölbl ... production runner: Vienna Unit (as Paul Koelbl)
Fabio Giacomo Lambardella ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Dominik Lehenauer ... production runner: Vienna Unit
Thomas Lenardi ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Matteo Lillo ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Christian Lirussi ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Petr Mach ... production runner: Prague Unit
Maggie Maggiolini ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Olindo Mazzola ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Mauro Merlino ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Mara Monachini ... cassiere
Massimo Monachini ... production controller
Mauro Monachini ... financial controller
Alessandro Morterra ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Alessia Navantieri ... custumer account: Deluxe Digital
Gianandrea Pacchieri ... cashier
Erica Pacchioni ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Fabio Palazzi ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Alessandro Pantano ... production runner: Rome Unit
Raniolo Paola ... caterer
Vito Parisi ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Marta Pasqualini ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Antonio Paterniti ... production runner: Friuli Venezia Giulia Unit
Dusan Pelech ... production runner: Prague Unit
Markus Petroll ... production runner: Vienna Unit
Andrea Piria ... production accountant
Vladimír Poledno ... production runner: Prague Unit (as Vladimir Poledno)
Giangiacomo Polverosi ... production runner: Rome Unit
Gianni Rossi ... production runner: Rome Unit
Carolina Rubino ... production assistant
Luigi Sammarco ... tax credit consultant
Maurizio Schiera ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Enzo Sisto ... completion guarantee consultant
Ivano Stabile ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Davide Stimpfl ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Cinzia Taffani ... production coordinator
Edoardo Taffani ... production runner: Rome Unit
Antonia Tammaro ... production accountant
Andreas Tammerle ... production runner: Vienna Unit
Gunther Tammerle ... production runner: Vienna Unit
Ruben Aram Ter-Akopow ... production assistant (uncredited)
Mark Thompson-Ashworth ... dialogue coach (as Mark William Thompson Ashworth)
Giancarlo Tomasselli ... production runner: Rome Unit
Angela Trifirò ... production runner: Rome Unit
Gianni Viterale ... production runner: Milan & Fidenza Unit
Carlo Vittorini ... production runner: Rome Unit
Tonda Vizina ... production runner: Prague Unit
Roberto Volpi ... production runner: Rome Unit
Roberto Zazoni ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Emanuela Zecchin ... production runner: Alto Adige Unit
Michel Burstein ... press attaché: France (uncredited)
Marco Ferreri ... crowd marshall (uncredited)
Bernardo Galli ... production accountant assistant (uncredited)
Huma Khan ... director legal post production (uncredited)
Tom Kimberley ... international sales (uncredited)
Karl-Stephan Paulet ... ceo: Umedia Benelux Distribution (uncredited)
Luke Randolph ... completion guarantor: International Film Guarantors (uncredited)

Thanks

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Giorgio Armani ... the director wish to thank
Roberta Armani ... the director wish to thank
Fausto Calderai ... the director wish to thank
Peter Glidewell ... the director wish to thank
Massimo Listri ... the director wish to thank
Franco Maria ... the director wish to thank
Laura Ricci ... the director wish to thank

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In the world of high-end art auctions and antiques, Virgil Oldman is an elderly and esteemed but eccentric genius art-expert, known and appreciated by the world. Oldman is hired by solitary young heiress Claire Ibbetson to auction off the large collection of art and antiques left to her by her parents. For some reason, Claire always refuses to be seen in person. Robert aids Oldman in restoring and reassembling some odd mechanical parts he finds among Claire's belongings, while also giving him advice on how to befriend her and deal with his feelings towards her. Another friend of Oldman's, Billy Whistler, helps him to acquire a secret private collection of master paintings. Written by Nebzyl

Plot Keywords
Taglines A master of possession. A crime of obsession. See more »
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Also Known As
  • La Migliore Offerta (India, English title)
  • The Best Offer (Indonesia, English title)
  • The Best Offer (Hong Kong, English title)
  • The Best Offer (Singapore, English title)
  • The Best Offer (New Zealand, English title)
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Runtime
  • 131 min
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Box Office

Budget EUR13,500,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Italy EUR1,909,972, 06 Jan 2013
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $19,255,873, 18 Jan 2014

Did You Know?

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Trivia The restaurant in Prague is "Restaurace u milosrdnych" at the crossing of "U Milosrdnych" and "Kozi" in the center of the town See more »
Goofs As Virgil passes through the glass-pane door of Night and Day café almost at the end of the movie, there is a sticker on the glass pane of the door which read "Pivnice U milosrdných" - the original Czech name of that pub. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Fargo, Charlot y Casablanca (2013). See more »
Quotes Billy Whistler: I wouldn't be so sure if I were you. Human emotions are like works of art. They can be forged. They seem just like the original, but they are a forgery.
Virgil Oldman: Forgery?
Billy Whistler: Everything can be faked, Virgil. Joy, pain, hate... illness, recovery. Even love.
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