Death in Venice
In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, 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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Drama
1971
130 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Death in Venice
- Duration : 130 min
- Languages : English, Italian, Polish, French
- Writers : Thomas Mann (novel), Luchino Visconti (screenplay), Nicola Badalucco (screenplay)
- Directors : Luchino Visconti min
- Imdb : 7.5 (12848 votes)
- Tomatoes : 4 (6268 votes)
- Actors : Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
Movie Storyline
In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, 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.