Death in Venice poster
Screenplay Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco
Director Luchino Visconti

Death in Venice

Original Title: Morte a Venezia

Tagline: The celebrated story of a man obsessed with ideal beauty.

Release Date: 1971-03-02

Duration: 130 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Silvana Mangano
    Tadzio's Mother
  • Björn Andrésen
    Tadzio
  • Dirk Bogarde
    Gustav von Aschenbach
  • Marisa Berenson
    Aschenbach's Wife
  • Eva Axén
    Tadzio's Oldest Sister (uncredited)
  • Mirella Pamphili
    Hotel Guest (uncredited)
  • Carole André
    Esmeralda, Brothel Prostitute
  • Romolo Valli
    Hotel Manager
  • Mark Burns
    Alfred
  • Franco Fabrizi
    Barber