Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia) (1971)

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7.6	Rating (223 ratings)
7.3	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Luchino Visconti

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Dirk Bogarde
Gustav von Aschenbach

Romolo Valli
Hotel Manager

Mark Burns
Alfred

Nora Ricci
Tadzio's Governess

Marisa Berenson
Frau von Aschenbach

Carole André
Esmeralda - Brothel Prostitute

Björn Andrésen
Tadzio

Silvana Mangano
Tadzio's Mother

Written by

Thomas Mann
(novel)

Luchino Visconti
(screenplay)

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A classic

13 years, 5 months ago at Aug 1 11:05

johanlefourbe

I already saw this movie but since it was ages ago, I was quite eager to check it out again. Indeed, the first time I saw it, I must have been about 16-17 years and, at the time, I didn’t get this movie at all. Indeed, back then, I kept hearing some really great things about this flick and since I always had a weak spot fot Luchino Visconti’s work, I was expecting a masterpiece but, to be hone... read more

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3 years, 9 months ago at Mar 24 8:43

This movie is just a predator’s wet dream - I’m sure it was just the director’s excuse for finding a boy to prey honestly. Disturbing.

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In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, 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.

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Tags: Italy (12), 1970s (11), 1971 (9), Drama (6), Beauty (6), Italian (5), Based On Novel (5), Composer (4), France (3), 70s (2), Usa (2), Foreign (2), 70's (2), Youth (2), Bank (2), Vacation (2), Pedophilia (2), (2), Music (1)

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"FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★ NOTES: Original distribution print, supplied by Park Circus. The opening reel might have been slightly out of sync, and this is my first viewing but it did cause me to think that Bogarde’s lines were dubbed over in English, given that the Italian actors in that scene already were. The fourth reel was the one that looked all worn and faded, and the film suffers some severe damage towards the end, enduring a second of green scratches overwhelming the screen. DA"

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