Morte a Venezia
Directed by:
Luchino ViscontiCinematography:
Pasqualino De SantisCast:
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci, Marisa Berenson, Carole André, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Franco Fabrizi, Marco Tulli, Nicoletta Elmi (more)VOD (2)
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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. A fastidious composer reeling from a disastrous concert, Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde, in an exquisitely nuanced performance) travels to Venice to recover. There, he is struck by a vision of pure beauty in the form of a young boy (Björn Andrésen), his infatuation developing into an obsession even as rumors of a plague spread through the city. Setting Mann’s story of queer desire and bodily decay against the sublime music of Gustav Mahler, Death in Venice is one of cinema’s most exalted literary adaptations, as sensually rich as it is allegorically resonant. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1972 - Best Achievement in Costume Design
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1972 - Pasqualino De Santis (Best Cinematography)
- 1972 - Best Costume Design
- 1972 - Best Production Design
- 1972 - Best Soundtrack
- 1972 - Best Film
- 1972 - Luchino Visconti (Best Director)
- 1972 - Dirk Bogarde (Best Leading Actor)
Polish Film Awards
- 2011 - Luchino Visconti (Best European Film)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1971 - Luchino Visconti (25th Anniversary Prize)
- 1971 - Luchino Visconti (Grand Prix International du Festival (1964-1974))