DEATH IN VENICE
by Luchino Visconti Di Modrone
synopsis
In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde Composer Gustav von Aschenbach (Sir Dirk Bogarde) travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of repose after a period of artistic and personal stress. But he finds no peace there, for he soon develops a troubling attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio (Björn Andrésen), on vacation with his family. The boy embodies an ideal of beauty that Aschenbach has long sought and he becomes infatuated. However, the onset of a deadly pestilence threatens them both physically and represents the corruption that compromises and threatens all ideals.
| international title: | Death in Venice |
| original title: | Morte a Venezia |
| country: | Italy, France |
| year: | 1971 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Luchino Visconti Di Modrone |
| film run: | 130' |
| release date: | UK 01/03/1971, IT 05/03/1971, FR 23/05/1971, NL 27/05/1971, IE 28/05/1971, DE 04/06/1971, ES 15/07/1971, SE 11/08/1971, FI 10/09/1971, GR 10/09/1971, PT 14/09/1971, DK 27/09/1971, BE 12/11/1971, HU 06/07/1972, PL 02/1974, DD 12/04/1974, CZ 18/01/2002, RU 26/06/2008 |
| screenplay: | Luchino Visconti Di Modrone, Nicola Badalucco |
| cast: | Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns |
| cinematography by: | Pasqualino De Santis |
| film editing: | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| costumes designer: | Piero Tosi |
| producer: | Luchino Visconti Di Modrone |
| executive producer: | Mario Gallo |
