Death in Venice 1971

7.5/10


IMDB Rating : 7.5


FD Smart Rating : 7.5


Synopsis : An aging gay composer sojourns in Venice, where he falls in love with a blond-haired youth from afar as the city suffers a spreading cholera outbreak.


Regions Available ( 1 ) :
Portugal

Languages:

English [Original]

Subtitles:

English , Portuguese

Genres:

Drama

Release Date:

1971

Run Time:

2h10m

Maturity Rating:

Recommended for Mature Audiences

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.