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Death in Venice
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Death in Venice is a 1971 drama film directed by Luchino Visconti, who also served as producer and co-screenwriter alongside Nicola Badalucco and Thomas Mann. The cast includes Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, and Nora Ricci. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Alfa Cinematografica, and Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises. It was filmed in Venice and features music composed by Gustav Mahler. The original languages include English, Italian, Polish, and French.
The film has a runtime of 130 or 131 minutes and was released in France, Italy, and the United States. It is categorized as a drama and LGBTQ-related film, with a main subject involving an epidemic. The production designer was Ferdinando Scarfiotti, and the director of photography was Pasqualino De Santis. The film received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Audience ratings include a 7.3 score on IMDb and a 7.234 average on TMDb.
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7.2Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach
- Björn Andrésen as Tadzio
- Romolo Valli as Hotel Manager
- Mark Burns as Alfred
- Nora Ricci as Tadzio's Governess
- Silvana Mangano as Tadzio's Mother
Themes
- venice, italy
- composer
- obsession
- beauty
- vacation
- cholera
- male homosexuality
- epidemic
- teenage boy
- makeover
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
24,550 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- GP
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 18 wins & 7 nominations total
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Key facts
- Italian
- Morte a Venezia
- Directed by
- Luchino Visconti
- Screenplay by
- Luchino Visconti Nicola Badalucco
- Based on
- Death in Venice , by Thomas Mann
- Produced by
- Luchino Visconti
- Starring
- Dirk Bogarde Björn Andrésen Mark Burns Romolo Valli Nora Ricci Marisa Berenson Carole André Silvana Mangano
- Cinematography
- Pasqualino De Santis
- Edited by
- Ruggero Mastroianni
- Production companies
- Alfa Cinematografica PECF
- Distributed by
- Dear International (Italy) Warner Bros. (International)
- Release dates
- 1 March 1971 ( 1971-03-01 ) (London premiere) 5 March 1971 ( 1971-03-05 ) (Italy) 4 June 1971 ( 1971-06-04 ) (France)
- Running time
- 130 minutes
- Countries
- Italy France
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- Death in Venice
- Main subject
- epidemic
- Director
- Luchino Visconti
- Screenwriter
- Thomas Mann
- Cast member
- Leslie French
- Composer
- Gustav Mahler
- Producer
- Luchino Visconti
- Cinematographer
- Pasqualino De Santis
- Narrative location
- Venice
- Filming location
- Venice
- Duration
- 130
- FilmAffinity ID
- 904914
- Image
- Visconti-andresen4.jpg
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- publication date
- 1971-00-00
- Commons category
- Morte a Venezia (film)
- film editor
- Ruggero Mastroianni
- title
- Morte a Venezia
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- production designer
- Ferdinando Scarfiotti
- costume designer
- Piero Tosi
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Death in Venice
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 71%
- after a work by
- Thomas Mann
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Encyclopedic overview
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. It stars Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach and Björn Andrésen as Tadzio, with supporting roles played by Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson, and Silvana Mangano, and was filmed in Technicolor by Pasqualino De Santis. The soundtrack consists of selections from Gustav Mahler's third and fifth symphonies, but characters in the film also perform pieces by Franz Lehár, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Modest Mussorgsky. Preceded by The Damned (1969) and followed by Ludwig (1973), the film is the second part of Visconti's thematic "German Trilogy".
The film premiered in London on 1 March 1971, and was entered into the 24th Cannes Film Festival. It received positive reviews from critics and won several accolades, including, at the 25th British Academy Film Awards, the awards for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Sound, in addition to nominations for Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Dirk Bogarde. For his work on the film, Visconti won the David di Donatello Award for Best Director.
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