The Inheritance (Italian: L'eredità Ferramonti) is a 1976 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, where Dominique Sanda won the award for Best Actress. Based on the eponymous novel by Gaetano Carlo Chelli and set among the huge changes taking place in Rome around 1880, it recounts the tale of an unhappy family riven by lust and greed.
