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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 »
Ossessione (1943) Luchino Visconti, Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani
Gino, a young and handsome tramp, stops in a small roadside inn run by Giovanna. Read More »
Bellissima (1951) Luchino Visconti, Anna Magnani, Walter Chiari, Tina Apicella
Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daugther to Cinecittà, hoping she’ll be selected and become a star. Read More »
The Stranger / Lo straniero (1967) Luchino Visconti, Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Bernard Blier, Drama
In an atmosphere of political tension when the French still control Algiers, an Algerian is killed on the beach and a French man who has lived in Algiers all his life is arrested for the murder. A trial takes place. One of the witnesses was at the funeral of Arthur Meursault’s mother. It bothers other mourners and Mersault himself that he showed no emotion when his mother died. His eventful day at the beach takes place a short time after the funeral when he is examining what his life has been and what path should he take in the future.
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