Death in Venice
The celebrated story of a man obsessed with ideal beauty.
Rating
Release Date
3/5/1971Runtime
131 minsGenres
Overview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
ItalianBudget
-Revenue
-Homepage
-
How It Feels
Read from this film's synopsis, keywords and credits, and used to work out what it sits beside.
A hypnotic, painterly descent into aesthetic fixation as an aging composer finds himself irreversibly drawn to an unreachable young boy in plague-stricken Venice. The film moves with operatic inevitability toward its tragic conclusion, suffused with a paralyzing sense of beauty collapsing into ruin.
Mood
Themes
Tone
Pacing
Look
Structure
Heads up
Dirk Bogarde
Gustav von Aschenbach
Björn Andrésen
Tadzio
Romolo Valli
Hotel Manager
Mark Burns
Alfred
Nora Ricci
Tadzio's Governess
Silvana Mangano
Tadzio's Mother
Marisa Berenson
Aschenbach's Wife
Carole André
Esmeralda, Brothel Prostitute
Leslie French
Travel Agent
Franco Fabrizi
Barber
Antonio Apicella
Vagrant
Sergio Garfagnoli
Jaschu, Polish Youth
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to review Death in Venice.
Recommendations
Ranked by what each one shares with this film, with the reason on every card.
Same director · Shares cast
Same director · Shares cast
Same director · A similar mood
Same director
Same director · Shares cast
Same director · Shares cast
A similar mood
Same director
Same director
Feels similar
Same director
Same director
Feels similar
A similar mood
A similar mood
Feels similar
A similar mood
Feels similar
A similar mood
A similar mood