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