Death in Venice

Death in Venice


Year: 1971 | Running Time: 130 minutes

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Based on a novel by Thomas Mann, Death in Venice stars Dirk Bogarde as a German composer who is terrified that he has lost all vestiges of humanity. While visiting Venice, Bogarde falls in love with a beautiful young boy (Bjorn Andresen). The relationship is ruined by Bogarde's obsession with the ...more

  • Death in Venice - A scene from the film Death in Venice.
  • Death in Venice - A scene from the film Death in Venice.
  • Death in Venice - A scene from the film Death in Venice.
  • Death in Venice - A scene from the film Death in Venice.
  • Death in Venice - A scene from the film Death in Venice.

Based on a novel by Thomas Mann, Death in Venice stars Dirk Bogarde as a German composer who is terrified that he has lost all vestiges of humanity. While visiting Venice, Bogarde falls in love with a beautiful young boy (Bjorn Andresen). The relationship is ruined by Bogarde's obsession with the boy's youth and physical perfection; the composer realizes that the child represents an ideal that he can never match. The character played by Dirk Bogarde is evidently intended to be Gustav Mahler, ...more