Music by Gustav Mahler accompanies the tale of a composer (Dirk Bogarde) who adores a beautiful youth... (Learn more)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano (View All)
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Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano
In this adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel, avant-garde composer Gustave Aschenbach (loosely based on Gustav Mahler) travels to a Venetian seaside resort in search of repose after a period of artistic and personal stress. But he finds no peace there, for he soon develops a troubling attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio, on vacation with his family. The boy embodies an ideal of beauty that Aschenbach has long sought and he becomes infatuated. However, the onset of a deadly pestilence threatens them both physically and represents the corruption that compromises and threatens all ideals.
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US Release Date
1/1/71
MPAA Rating
Rated PG
Running Time
130 mins.
Locations
- Venice, Italy
Language
- English
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 1971 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1971 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 1971 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Soundtrack award at the 1971 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the 25th Anniversary Prize award at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1971 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 1971 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 1971 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
