Synopsis
In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, a few years before the outbreak of the Great War, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of repose after a period of artistic and personal stress. But he finds no peace there, for he soon develops a troubling attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio, on vacation with his family. The boy embodies an ideal of beauty that Aschenbach has long sought and he becomes infatuated. However, the onset of a deadly pestilence threatens them both physically and represents the corruption that compromises and threatens all ideals.
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Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises (PECF)
- Foreign production company : Alfa Cinematografica
- French distribution : Warner Bros. (France)
Full credits (6)
- Foreign Producer : Mario Gallo
- Author of original work : Thomas Mann
- Screenwriters : Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco
- Director of Photography : Pasqualino de Santis
- Production Designer : Ferdinando Scarfiotti
- Costume designer : Piero Tosi
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Homosexuality, Death
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : Italy (70.0%), France (30.0%)
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Minority French (Italy, France)
- Production year : 1971
- French release : 04/07/1971
- Runtime : 2 h 10 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 37.297
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
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