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 |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Antonio Maltempo | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Production | Mario Di Biase | Production Manager |
| Production | Massimo Ferrero | Unit Manager |
| Production | Vittorio Fornasiero | Unit Manager |
| Production | Aldo U. Passalacqua | Production Manager |
| Directing | Luca Lachin | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Carlo Montanaro | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pietro Santagada | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Domenico Saverni | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ricky Tognazzi | Assistant Director |
| Art | Roberto Magagnini | Props |
| Sound | Gaetano Carito | Sound |
| Sound | Fernando Caso | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Marco Di Biase | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Edmondo Gintili | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Alvaro Gramigna | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Alessandro Peticca | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Renato Cinti | Key Grip |
| Camera | Ettore Corso | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Andrea Sabatello | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Amato Gabotti | Grip |
| Camera | Renzo Gabotti | Grip |
| Camera | Gianfranco Salis | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Emanuele Cassin | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Emanuela Lucidi | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Gene Luotto | Post Production Coordinator |
| Editing | Fiorenza Muller | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Giovanna Ritter | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Angelo Giovagnoli | Musician |
| Production | Fabrizio Ancillai | Production Assistant |
| Production | Mario Sampaolo | Administration |
| Production | Giovanni Bertolucci | Producer |
| Editing | Tinto Brass | Editor |
| Camera | Silvano Ippoliti | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Junichirō Tanizaki | Novel |
| Art | Paolo Biagetti | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jost Jakob | Costume Design |
| Directing | Carla Cipriani | Continuity |
| Crew | Gabriella Borini | Choreographer |
| Production | Lilletta Bertolucci | Publicist |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Music Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Frassine | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alessandra Querzola | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Angela Silighini | Seamstress |
| Camera | Enrico Sasso | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Fabrizio Sforza | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Sergio Spila | Gaffer |
| Sound | Edmondo Gintili | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Fausto Ancillai | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Nello Giorgetti | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Egidio Spugnini | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Iole Cecchini | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fabrizio Sforza | Makeup Artist |
