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7.2A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
Released: 1954-03-25123 minDir: Luchino ViscontiRomance, Drama, War
Cast
- Farley Granger as Il Tenente Franz Mahler
- Alida Valli as La Contessa Livia Serpieri
- Massimo Girotti as Il Marchese Roberto Ussoni
- Heinz Moog as Il Conte Serpieri
- Rina Morelli as Laura, la Governante
- Christian Marquand as Un Ufficiale Boemo
Themes
- venice, italy
- italian
- betrayal
- countess
- austrian officer
- italian history
- 19th century
- adulterous wife
- 1860s
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
9,511 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
- Year
- 1954
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Luchino Visconti
- Screenplay by
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico , Luchino Visconti, Carlo Alianello, Giorgio Bassani , Giorgio Prosperi , Tennessee Williams , Paul Bowles
- Based on
- Senso , by Camillo Boito
- Produced by
- Domenico Forges Davanzati
- Starring
- Alida Valli , Farley Granger , Massimo Girotti
- Cinematography
- G.R. Aldo , Robert Krasker
- Edited by
- Mario Serandrei
- Music by
- Anton Bruckner , Nino Rota (adaptation)
- Distributed by
- Lux Film
- Release date
- 30 December 1954 ( 1954-12-30 )
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Country
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian, German
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