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Death in Venice ( Italian: Morte a Venezia) 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.
Jun 1, 1971 · Death in Venice: Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci. While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio.
Dirk Bogarde plays enigmatic composer Aschenbach visiting 1890 Venice--only to find threads of futility in his poignant unrequited search for ideal beauty. Painterly Manet-like portraiture of vacationers in this cinematic gem by Italian director Luchino Visconti, drenched in Mahler symphonic music.
The failure is fatal to the movie's success; but the physical beauty of the film itself is overwhelming. The world of the Lido of sixty years ago has been re-created in painstaking detail. The fashions, the entertainments, the table settings reveal Visconti's compulsion for accuracy.
Death in Venice. Based on the classic novella by Thomas Mann, this late-career masterpiece from Luchino Visconti is a meditation on the nature of art, the allure of beauty, and the inescapability of death.
Currently you are able to watch "Death in Venice" streaming on Criterion Channel. It is also possible to buy "Death in Venice" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu as download or rent it on Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Vudu online.
Death in Venice is a film directed by Luchino Visconti with Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Marisa Berenson .... Year: 1971. Original title: Morte a Venezia.
