Death In Venice

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One man becomes so obsessed by the beauty of a young boy in Venice that he cannot bear to leave, even when the city is affected by a plague. Based on the novel by Thomas Mann.

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'Visconti's Venice' featurette; 'A Tour of Venice' photo gallery; Trailer.

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Review by anon on 23rd October 2000

I feel this film is exactly the way all films should be. Exiting, tragic,yet beautifully shot. I love Bjorn's character, I find him VERY good looking and don't blame Dirk's character at all. Also I just want to know does anyone if Tadzio actually dies as well at the end?????

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Article - "The Damned and Death in Venice" by Pasquale Iannone
Tuesday 2nd March 2004

With his debut feature Ossessione (1942), Italian director Luchino Visconti (1906 - 1976) distilled the ambition, the protests, the irony and the polemics of a whole group of filmmakers who longed to explore the artistic possibilities of cinema which had for m...  View article in full

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