Death in Venice

Death in Venice

1971 | 2h 10m | Drama, Period Piece | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

While recuperating in a luxurious hotel in Venice, a famous composer, now becoming aware of his passing years, struggles with his attraction to a golden-haired boy...an attraction that he realizes will lead to his destruction.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Luchino Visconti

CAST

Dirk Bogarde

Mark Burns

Marisa Berenson

Bjorn Andresen

Nora Ricci

PRODUCERS

Mario Gallo

Luchino Visconti

WRITERS

Nicola Badalucco

Luchino Visconti

Thomas Mann

Related Videos

03:40
Death In Venice (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, von Aschenbach
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Ending the credits by director Count Luchino Visconti (descendant of the 13th century Milanese dynasty), with music from composer Gustav Mahler, and the liminal introduction of the protagonist, composer Gustav von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde), from Death In Venice, 1971.
03:51
Death In Venice (1971) -- (Movie Clip) The Artists Are Rather Like Hunters
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Convalescing composer von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) grows more fascinated with the Polish boy (Bjorn Andresen) then reflects once more on conversation with his student Alfried (Mark Burns), Luchino Visconti directing, from the Thomas Mann novella, in Death In Venice, 1971.
03:39
Death In Venice (1971) -- (Movie Clip) A Long Period Of Complete Rest
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Arrived in 1911 Venice, ailing German composer von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) gets too much attention from his hotel manager (Romolo Valli), then reflects on earlier events, Mark Burns as his concerned student Alfried, early in Luchino Viscontis Death In Venice, 1971.

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