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Tag Archives: Luchino Visconti
The Damned / La caduta degli dei (1969) Luchino Visconti, Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem
The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich. Read More »
La Terra Trema / The Earth Trembles (1948) Luchino Visconti
Poor Sicilian fishers are exploited by fish wholesalers. One of the families is trying to escape Read More »
The Leopard / Il gattopardo (1963) Luchino Visconti
In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. Read More »
The Innocent / L’innocente (1976) Luchino Visconti, Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O’Neill
Luchino Visconti’s last film based on a novella by Gabrielle d’Annunzio is a haunting Read More »
Alla ricerca di Tadzio (1970) Luchino Visconti, Björn Andrésen, Sergio Garfagnoli
Documentary on Luchino Visconti’s travels and auditions in search for a young actor Read More »
Sandra / Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa… (1965) Luchino Visconti, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig
Sandra comes back to Volterra, in Tuscany, the little town where she spent her childhood. Read More »
Rocco and His Brothers / Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960) Luchino Visconti, Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot
The widow Rosaria moves to Milano from Lucania with her 4 sons, one of whom is Rocco. Read More »
Senso (1954) Luchino Visconti, Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti
Venezia, spring of 1866, in the last days of the Austrian occupation. Read More »
Ludwig (1972) Luchino Visconti, Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Read More »