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Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) is a novella by German author Thomas Mann, published in 1912. It presents an ennobled writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a boy in a family of Polish tourists—Tadzio, so nicknamed for Tadeusz.
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.
Painterly Manet-like portraiture of vacationers in this cinematic gem by Italian director Luchino Visconti, drenched in Mahler symphonic music. (English, no subtitles) 1971. Dirk Bogarde plays enigmatic composer Aschenbach visiting 1890 Venice--only to find threads of futility in his poignant unrequited….
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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.
Death in Venice. Roger Ebert January 01, 1971. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. I think the thing that disappoints me most about Luchino Visconti's "Death in Venice" is its lack of ambiguity.
Death in Venice. Composer Gustave Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) travels to a Venice resort to escape personal and artistic stress. However, peace eludes him as he develops a disturbing attraction...
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A grand-prize winner at Cannes and an Academy Award nominee, this extraordinarily beautiful Visconti ("The Damned," "Rocco and His Brothers") masterpiece is a tender story of a dying man's...
A new film shows how actor Björn Andrésen was damaged by playing a teen object of desire in Visconti’s 1971 classic. Is child stardom any healthier now, asks Sophie Monks Kaufman.
