Death in Venice
1971 · Movie · 127 min. · Italy
In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, a few years before the outbreak of the Great War, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) 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, 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.
Direction Luchino Visconti
Cast Dirk Bogarde · Björn Andrésen · Silvana Mangano · Marisa Berenson · Mark Burns · Romolo Valli
Soundtrack Gustav Mahler
Screenplay Luchino Visconti · Nicola Badalucco · Thomas Mann
Cinematography Pasqualino De Santis
Original title Morte a Venezia
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