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death in venice

ORIGINAL TITLE

Morte a Venezia

YEAR

1971

RUNNING TIME

127 min.

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COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

Luchino Visconti

SCREENWRITER

Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco (Novel: Thomas Mann)

COMPOSER

Gustav Mahler

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Pasqualino De Santis

CAST

Dirk Bogarde, Silvana Mangano, Björn Andrésen, Marisa Berenson, Mark Burns, Romolo Valli

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Alta Cinematografica

AWARDS

1971: Nominated for Oscar: Best Costume Design
1971: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)
1970: David di Donatello Awards: Best Director

GENRE

Drama | Gay & Lesbian

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Venice, a few years before the outbreak of the Great War. Celebrated German composer and conductor Gustave von Aschenbach, arrives by sea to spend a holiday in the city, partly to recuperate from the rigours of his work, partly to contemplate an artistic impasse prompted by the stricture of his friend Alfried. In the salon of the Hotel des Bains on the Lido, Aschenbach observes the other guests and is particularly intrigued by a Polish family – mother, daughters and their governess, and a son of about fourteen whose strikingly handsome looks and stern expression fascinate him. As the days pass, Aschenbach’s continuing fascination with the boy, whom he learns is called Tadzio, begins vaguely to trouble him; and since he is discomforted by the sultry air which hangs over Venice, he decides to leave, only to return when he discovers at the station – not without some satisfaction – that his trunk has been misdirected. He continues to watch Tadzio, but is partly distracted by rumours – denied by the hotel management – of a mysterious illness in the city, which he eventually learns is Asiatic cholera.

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