Het verhaal speelt zich af in het fascistisch Italië, juist voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Een jongeman gaat naar Venetië om muziek te studeren. Hij geraakt bevriend met een medestudent en wordt de minnaar van zijn moeder. Wanneer hij verliefd wordt op een meisje van zijn leeftijd, wil zijn oude minnares hem tot elke prijs voor zichzelf houden.
Nee, helaas is Ritratto di borghesia in nero nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Piero La Mantia | Producer |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Directing | Tonino Cervi | Director |
| Writing | Goffredo Parise | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Bruno Angeletti | Gaffer |
| Production | Rosetta Sestili | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Marco Cristiani | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Bruna Abbatelli | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernanda Zuccherofino | Seamstress |
| Art | Ezio Di Monte | Assistant Production Design |
| Writing | Roger Peyrefitte | Novel |
| Production | Claudio Mammarella | Production Secretary |
| Production | Michele Marsala | Line Producer |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Tonino Cervi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Manlio Pescetelli | Boom Operator |
| Art | Luigi Scaccianoce | Production Design |
| Production | Carla Crovato | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Ferdinando Pescetelli | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maura Zuccherofino | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Giustini | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Marcello Gabriele | Gaffer |
| Production | Giovanni Bernardi | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Andrée Ruth Shammah | First Assistant Director |
| Writing | Cesare Frugoni | Screenplay |
| Sound | Vince Tempera | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Claudio Vinale | Unit Manager |
| Editing | Elvira Tonini | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alvaro Rossi | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Giulio Diamanti | Key Grip |
| Production | Umberto Tavi | Administration |
| Production | Gastone De Mattia | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wayne A. Finkelman | Costume Design |
| Directing | Beatrice Banfi | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stefania Santinelli | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Sound | Renato Cadueri | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Nino Cristiani | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paolo Franceschi | Hairstylist |
