Death in Venice
Dir: Luchino ViscontiCast: Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andresen
130mins 1971 Italy | France 12A English | Italian
Death in Venice
Composer Gustave Aschenbach travels to a Venice resort to escape personal and artistic stress.
However, peace eludes him as he develops a disturbing attraction to an adolescent boy, Tadzio. Their lives are both threatened with a sudden outbreak of cholera.
'A slow, precise, and beautiful film' - Derek Malcolm, Guardian