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.
| Directing | Tonino Cervi | Director |
| Production | Piero La Mantia | Producer |
| Camera | Armando Nannuzzi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nino Baragli | Editor |
| Writing | Roger Peyrefitte | Novel |
| Writing | Tonino Cervi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Cesare Frugoni | Screenplay |
| Writing | Goffredo Parise | Screenplay |
| Art | Luigi Scaccianoce | Production Design |
| Sound | Vince Tempera | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Michele Marsala | Line Producer |
| Production | Claudio Vinale | Unit Manager |
| Production | Carla Crovato | Production Secretary |
| Production | Giovanni Bernardi | Production Secretary |
| Production | Rosetta Sestili | Production Secretary |
| Production | Gastone De Mattia | Production Secretary |
| Production | Claudio Mammarella | Production Secretary |
| Production | Umberto Tavi | Administration |
| Directing | Andrée Ruth Shammah | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Beatrice Banfi | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Nino Cristiani | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Daniele Nannuzzi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Marco Cristiani | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Ferdinando Pescetelli | Sound |
| Sound | Manlio Pescetelli | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Elvira Tonini | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Bruna Abbatelli | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wayne A. Finkelman | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maura Zuccherofino | Seamstress |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernanda Zuccherofino | Seamstress |
| Art | Ezio Di Monte | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maurizio Giustini | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alvaro Rossi | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stefania Santinelli | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Marcello Gabriele | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Bruno Angeletti | Gaffer |
| Camera | Giulio Diamanti | Key Grip |
| Sound | Renato Cadueri | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paolo Franceschi | Hairstylist |
