Certain films attain an almost cult-like devotion among cinephiles and film scholars, often being hailed as grand classics of cinema despite failing to live up to their reputations upon closer inspection. *Death in Venice*, Luchino Visconti’s 1971 period drama, epitomises this phenomenon. The film’s prestige is inextricably tied to its director’s legendary status and the bold subject matter of its source material—Th…
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Death in Venice
1971
Death in Venice is a 1971 historical drama film directed and produced by Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti, and adapted by Visconti and Nicola Badalucco from the 1912 novella of the same name by German author Thomas Mann. It stars Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach and Björn Andrésen as Tadzio, with supporting roles played by Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson, and Silvana Mangano, and was filmed in Technicolor by…
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