Death in Venice

1971 [ITALIAN]

Action / Drama / Romance

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80% · 27 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 24547 24.5K

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Plot summary

Composer 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.

Director

Luchino Visconti Photo
Luchino Visconti

Top cast

Marisa Berenson Photo
Marisa Berenson as Frau von Aschenbach
Mirella Pamphili Photo
Mirella Pamphili as Hotel Guest
Björn Andrésen Photo
Björn Andrésen as Tadzio
Nicoletta Elmi Photo
Nicoletta Elmi as Little Girl at Table
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1.04 GB
1280*544
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
23.976 fps
2 hr 10 min
Seeds 4
2.05 GB
1920*816
Italian 2.0
NR
Subtitles it  
23.976 fps
2 hr 10 min
Seeds 31

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Chalker1123 7 / 10

A Study in Beauty and Decay

Reviewed by raymond-15 8 / 10

Unforgettable romantic drama

Set in Venice mainly on the Lido, Visconti's "Death in Venice" is a triumph of filmmaking combining the excellence of Dirk Bogarde's characterisation and expert photography of the resort area in all its various daily moods. For those who love Venice, this is a film to cherish.Mahler's music frequently heard throughout the film heightens the drama. The mood it creates is not always happy. But then what else would you expect with a title like that?There is not a lot of dialogue in the film. Rather sparse in fact. It's mainly background noises and chatter and laughter among the hotel guests. The intriguing part is to interpret the exchange of glances between Gustav von Aschenbach a composer of some renown and a slim teenage youth Tadzio who see each other from time to time across the tables of the hotel dining room, on the beach and at odd unexpected places around Venice. They seem to acknowledge each other's presence shyly at first with little more than the suggestion of a smile but later with a strong and riveting and urgent gaze.Each viewer will have his own interpretation. The composer has lost a child of his own. Is this behaviour an expression of yearning for the child he loved? Is it perhaps a sexual attraction towards this fragile young man with his dazed somewhat girlish stare? Could he be discovering some new inspiration for a yet unwritten musical masterpiece? Who knows?From beginning to end this film captures the true spirit of 19th Century Venice. The elegance of the ladies, the deck chairs on the sand, the children frolicking in their neck-to-knee bathing costumes, the glow of sunsets and a general feeling of satisfaction with the world. While some may think the pace is rather slow at times, the film has an overall gentle quality, but with a simmering indecision between two repressed human beings. Be prepared for a sad and beautiful ending.
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