The Damned (La caduta degli dei) (1969)

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Directed by

Luchino Visconti

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Dirk Bogarde
Friedrich Bruckmann

Ingrid Thulin
Sophie Von Essenbeck

Helmut Griem
Aschenbach

Helmut Berger
Martin Von Essenbeck

Renaud Verley
Gunther Von Essenbeck

Umberto Orsini
Herbert Thallman

Reinhard Kolldehoff
Konstantin Von Essenbeck

Albrecht Schoenhals
Joachim Von Essenbeck

Written by

Enrico Medioli

Luchino Visconti

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An average movie

7 years, 9 months ago at Jul 29 8:18

johanlefourbe

To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this movie and maybe I should re-watch it at some point. Basically, I bumped into this movie in a DVD shop, if I recall it correctly, and since I have always been a fan of Luchino Visconti’s work, I thought I might as well check it out. Indeed, I always thought that there was something fascinating in his work, more than with any other Italian directo... read more

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Description: In 1969, The Damned (La caduta degli dei) was director Luchino Visconti's most controversial film to date. Set in the 1930s, the film zeroes in on a Krupp-like family of German munition manufacturers. The Essenbeck clan is headed by the Baron (Rene Kolldehoff), but daughter Sophie (Ingrid Thulin) wants her Nazi boyfriend to take over the business. Soon the Baron is dead and Bruckman (Dirk Bogarde) becomes company president. Son Martin (Helmut Berger) is the dope-addicted teenager who sleeps with his mother and drags her into her own dependence on drugs. Ever in pursuit of more millions to add to their already bulging coffers, th ... (more)

UPC: 085392888023

Tags: War (4), Drama (3), Nazi (3), 1969 (2), Bomb (2), 1960s (2), WWII (2), Finance (2), Italy (2), Reich (2), Romance (2), Moviemento Archive (1), Italiano (1), Warner Bros. (1), Downfall (1), Rich (1), Third (1), Wealthy (1), Junker (1), Not Foreign Language (1)

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