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Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice, 1971 film)

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Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice, 1971 film, Italy, France, USA)

Produced by Luchino Visconti
Written by Luchino Visconti and Nicola Badalucco. The story is based on the 1912 novella of the same name by German author Thomas Mann.
Music: Gustav Mahler (IV movement Adagietto of the 5th symphony and II movement Sehr Langsam Misterioso of the 3rd symphony, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia conducted by Franco Mannino), Ludwig van Beethoven (solo piano, Für Elise), Armando Gill (1917 song Chi vuole con le donne aver fortuna), Franz Lehár (Walzer und Vilja-Lied aus Die lustige Witwe, string quartet) and Modest Mussorgsky (Lullaby, unaccompanied sung by Mascia Predit).
Cinematography by Pasqualino De Santis
Edited by Ruggero Mastroianni
Scenography by Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Costumes by Piero Tosi

Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach (in real life representing Gustav Mahler)
Björn Andrésen as Thaddeus "Tadzio"
Marisa Berenson as Frau von Aschenbach (in real life representing Alma Mahler)
Mark Burns as Alfred (in real life representing Arnold Schoenberg)
Silvana Mangano as Tadzio's mother
Romolo Valli as the hotel manager
Nora Ricci as the governess
Leslie French as the travel agent
Franco Fabrizi as the barber
Carole André as Esmeralda
Sergio Garfagnoli as Jasiu
Mascia Predit as a Russian tourist