Death in Venice / Morte a Venezia (1971)
Drama
While recovering in Venice, a sickly composer becomes dangerously fixated with a teenage boy.
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson, Silvana Mangano, Franco Fabrizi
Director: Luchino Visconti
Ludwig (1973)
Biography | Drama | History
Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in 1886, as a romantic hero. Fan of Richard Wagner, betrayed by him, in love with his cousin Elisabeth of Austria, abandonned by her, tormented by his homosexuality, he will little by little slip towards madness.
Starring: Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Silvana Mangano, Gert Fröbe, John Moulder-Brown
Director: Luchino Visconti
The Leopard / Il gattopardo (1963)
Drama | History
In Sicily during the 1800s, as the aristocracy finds itself challenged by new democratic fervor, Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, tries to hold on tightly to the past, but it is clear his glory days are waning. This is perfectly exemplified by his dashing nephew Tancredi Falconeri and Angelica Sedàra, his gorgeous bride-to-be. As the revolt gathers steam and begins to result in real change, the aging prince must come to terms with the new world encircling him.
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli
Director: Luchino Visconti
L'innocente / The Innocent (1976)
Drama | Romance
Luchino Visconti's last film based on a novella by Gabrielle d'Annunzio is a haunting account of aristocratic chauvinism and sexual double standards in turn of the century Italy. Giannini as the psichotic husband whose lust cannot be satisfied. Antonelli as his sensitive and tormented wife and O'Neil as cunning possesive mistress.
Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill, Rina Morelli, Massimo Girotti
Director: Luchino Visconti
Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide it from her employer; plus, they need a room of their own. A billboard of Anita Ekberg provocatively selling milk gives a prudish crusader for public decency more than he can handle. The wife of a count whose escapades with call girls make the front page of the papers decides to work to prove her independence, but what is she qualified to do? A buxom carnival-booth manager who owes back taxes offers herself for one night in a lottery: a nerdy sacristan and a jealous cowboy make for a lovers' triangle. In each, women take charge, but not always happily.
Starring: Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Anita Ekberg
Director: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti
Senso (1954)
Drama | History | Romance | War
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
Starring: Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Heinz Moog, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli, Christian Marquand, Sergio Fantoni
Director: Luchino Visconti
