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Death in Venice (1971)
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Former matinée idols Dirk Bogarde and Silvana Mangano increased their standing with art house audiences after this sumptuous adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella. Bogarde's composer (he was an author in the original) arrives in Venice amid rumours of a cholera epidemic, troubled that he can no longer experience emotion, but the sight of Mangano's teenage son (Bjorn Andresen) stirs feelings that have long lain dormant. Director Luchino Visconti was a master of colour composition and here he has created a haunting work that is as operatic as it is cinematic. It is perhaps too sedate in places, but Pasquale De Santis's shimmering photography more than compensates. DP
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Running time
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125min
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Country of origin
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It / Fr
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Genre
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Period Drama
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco, from the novella by Thomas Mann
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Theatrical distributor
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BFI
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UK cinema certificate
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12A
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UK cinema release date
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February 2003
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| BFAA 1971 |
Best Actor |
Dirk Bogarde |
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| BFAA 1971 |
Best Director |
Luchino Visconti |
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| BFAA 1971 |
Best Film |
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