---
title: 'Death in Venice (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luchino Visconti'
released: '1971-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-in-venice-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067445/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Death in Venice (1971)

1971 · 130 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Morte a Venezia
Part of: Visconti German Trilogy

## Synopsis

Death in Venice is a 1971 historical drama film directed and produced by Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti, and adapted by Visconti and Nicola Badalucco from the 1912 novella of the same name by German author Thomas Mann. It stars Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach and Björn Andrésen as Tadzio, with supporting roles played by Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson, and Silvana Mangano, and was filmed in Technicolor by Pasqualino De Santis. The soundtrack consists of selections from Gustav Mahler's third and fifth symphonies, but characters in the film also perform pieces by Franz Lehár, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Modest Mussorgsky. Preceded by The Damned (1969) and followed by Ludwig (1973), the film is the second part of Visconti's thematic "German Trilogy".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti)
- **Screenplay:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti), [Thomas Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-mann), [Nicola Badalucco](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicola-badalucco)
- **Producer:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gustav Mahler](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-mahler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pasqualino De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/pasqualino-de-santis)
- **Editor:** [Ruggero Mastroianni](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-mastroianni)

## Cast

- [Dirk Bogarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/dirk-bogarde)
- [Silvana Mangano](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvana-mangano)
- [Björn Andrésen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bjorn-andresen)
- [Marco Tulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-tulli)
- [Mark Burns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-burns)
- [Mirella Pamphili](https://cinepixo.com/people/mirella-pamphili)
- [Nicoletta Elmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicoletta-elmi)
- [Leslie French](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-french)
- [Marisa Berenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/marisa-berenson)
- [Eva Axén](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-axen)
- [Romolo Valli](https://cinepixo.com/people/romolo-valli)
- [Carole André](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-andre)
- [Nora Ricci](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-ricci)
- [Franco Fabrizi](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-fabrizi)
- [Sergio Garfagnoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-garfagnoli)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-in-venice-1971
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