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Synopsis:
Emotional drama about the last days of a famous German composer who becomes obsessed with a young boy while staying in Venice. However, while the lad's physical perfection threatens to drive him to despair, his fixation prevents him leaving the plague-swept city. Luchino Visconti's gorgeously lush and deeply haunting adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella, starring Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen and Silvana Mangano
Cast:
Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach, Bjorn Andresen as Tadzio, Silvana Mangano as Tadzio's mother, Marisa Berenson as Frau von Aschenbach, Mark Burns as Alfred, Carol Andre as Esmeralda, Romolo Valli, Sergio Garfagnoli as Jaschu, Nora Ricci, Luigi Battaglia as Scapegrace, Masha Predit, Leslie French, Franco Fabrizi, Sergio Garafanolo, Ciro Cristofoletti, Dominique Darel
Credits:
Luchino Visconti - Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Nicola Badalucco - Scriptwriter, Robert Gordon Edwards - Executive-Producer, Mario Gallo - Executive-Producer

