Death in Venice

Name: Death in Venice
Director: Luchino Visconti
Genre: Drama
Released: 1971

The celebrated story of a man obsessed with ideal beauty.

Trailer

Rating

7.2

Rating

7.2

The Film

Death in Venice

The celebrated story of a man obsessed with ideal beauty.

The Story

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.

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Runtime

131 min

Released Mar 1971

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