Death in Venice – 2003 RR

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Size: 40 x 30 Inches (102 x 76 cm)

An original British Quad poster for the BFI 2003 re-release of the film “Death in Venice” obtained directly from Mike Leedham of 2D Design Ltd, who were responsible for the design of the poster.

Death in Venice (Italian: Morte a Venezia) is a 1971 historical drama film directed and produced by Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti, and adapted by Visconti and Nicola Badalucco from the 1912 novella of the same name by German author Thomas Mann. It stars Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach and Björn Andrésen as Tadzio, with supporting roles played by Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson, and Silvana Mangano.

Preceded by The Damned (1969) and followed by Ludwig (1973), the film is the second part of Visconti's thematic German Trilogy.

Haunting adaptation of Thomas Mann’s classic about a composer, paralysed by ennui and repressed emotion, who discovers a last vestige of beauty and emotion during a visit to Venice at the turn of the century. Believing himself lost to the muse, he becomes obsessed by a beautiful young boy holidaying with his mother in the city.

“He sought beauty, he found obsession. Venice would be his undoing."

Tags: British Quad 1970s Italian 2000s Drama Historical