---
title: 'Senso (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Luchino Visconti'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/senso-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047469/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Senso (1954)

1954 · 117 min · Drama, Romance · Italy


## Synopsis

Senso is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, based on Camillo Boito's novella of the same name. Set during the Third Italian War of Independence, the film follows the Italian Contessa Livia Serpieri, who has an affair with the Austrian Lieutenant Franz Mahler. It was Visconti's first color film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti)
- **Screenplay:** [Luchino Visconti](https://cinepixo.com/people/luchino-visconti), [Suso Cecchi d'Amico](https://cinepixo.com/people/suso-cecchi-d-amico), [Giorgio Bassani](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-bassani), [Carlo Alianello](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-alianello), [Giorgio Prosperi](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-prosperi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anton Bruckner](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-bruckner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Krasker](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-krasker), [G.R. Aldo](https://cinepixo.com/people/g-r-aldo)
- **Editor:** [Mario Serandrei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-serandrei)

## Cast

- [Ernst Nadherny](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-nadherny) as comandante austriaco a Verona
- [Tino Bianchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tino-bianchi) as Meucci
- [Tonio Selwart](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonio-selwart) as colonnello Kleist
- [Massimo Girotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-girotti) as Roberto Ussoni
- [Elio Crovetto](https://cinepixo.com/people/elio-crovetto) as ufficiale austriaco
- [Alida Valli](https://cinepixo.com/people/alida-valli) as contessa Livia Serpieri
- [Rina Morelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/rina-morelli) as Laura
- [Sergio Fantoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-fantoni) as Luca
- [Nando Cicero](https://cinepixo.com/people/nando-cicero)
- [Marcella Mariani](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcella-mariani) as Clara
- [Farley Granger](https://cinepixo.com/people/farley-granger) as Franz Mahler
- [Franco Arcalli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-arcalli)
- [Goliarda Sapienza](https://cinepixo.com/people/goliarda-sapienza) as affittacamere a Venezia
- [Mimmo Palmara](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-palmara)
- [Heinz Moog](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-moog) as conte Serpieri

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/senso-1954
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