Een bejaarde kunsthistoricus (Frank Finlay) en zijn jongere, voor preuts doorgaande echtgenote (Stefania Sandrelli) hitsen elkaar op door hun erotische dagboeken te laten slingeren. Een en ander vindt plaats tegen het broeierige decor van Venetiaanse 'palazzi' onder het fascisme.
Nee, helaas is La Chiave nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Tinto Brass | Director |
| Writing | Tinto Brass | Writer |
| Production | Mario Di Biase | Production Manager |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Art Direction |
| Production | Massimo Ferrero | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Renato Cinti | Key Grip |
| Sound | Fernando Caso | Sound Effects |
| Camera | Amato Gabotti | Grip |
| Production | Mario Sampaolo | Administration |
| Sound | Edmondo Gintili | Foley Recordist |
| Camera | Andrea Sabatello | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Emanuele Cassin | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Pietro Santagada | Second Assistant Director |
| Editing | Fiorenza Muller | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Vittorio Fornasiero | Unit Manager |
| Editing | Emanuela Lucidi | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Marco Di Biase | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Gaetano Carito | Sound |
| Editing | Giovanna Ritter | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Aldo U. Passalacqua | Production Manager |
| Directing | Domenico Saverni | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Gene Luotto | Post Production Coordinator |
| Art | Roberto Magagnini | Props |
| Camera | Gianfranco Salis | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Antonio Maltempo | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Carlo Montanaro | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Alessandro Peticca | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Angelo Giovagnoli | Musician |
| Camera | Ettore Corso | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Luca Lachin | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ricky Tognazzi | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Alvaro Gramigna | Sound Effects |
| Camera | Renzo Gabotti | Grip |
| Production | Fabrizio Ancillai | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Tinto Brass | Editor |
| Production | Giovanni Bertolucci | Producer |
| Camera | Silvano Ippoliti | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Junichirō Tanizaki | Novel |
| Camera | Fabrizio Sforza | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Egidio Spugnini | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Carla Cipriani | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iole Cecchini | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Gabriella Borini | Choreographer |
| Art | Nello Giorgetti | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrizio Sforza | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Production Design |
| Production | Lilletta Bertolucci | Publicist |
| Sound | Edmondo Gintili | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Frassine | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jost Jakob | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angela Silighini | Seamstress |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Music Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandra Querzola | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Camera | Enrico Sasso | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Sergio Spila | Gaffer |
