Death in Venice (1971)
Posted in Drama on Jan 21st, 2008
Directed by Luchino Visconti
Starring Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Marisa Berenson
A widowed German composer, suffering from ill-health and general decrepitude, travels to Venice for a respite. There he encounters Beauty in distilled form: the young Tadzio, vacationing in Venice with his family. The composer, Gustav von Aschenbach, becomes obsessed with the 14-year old boy as [...]
