Death in Venice [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; produced and directed by Luchino Visconti for Alfa Cinematografica

Published:: Burbank, Ca : Warner Home Video, 2004.
Edition:: Widescreen version.
Physical Description:: 1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators:: Visconti, Luchino, 1906-1976, Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999, Valli, Romolo, 1925-1980, Burns, Mark, 1936-2007, Ricci, Nora, Berenson, Marisa, 1942-, André, Carole, Andresen, Bjørn, Mangano, Silvana, 1930-1989, Badalucco, Nicola, Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955, Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), Alfa Cinematografica, and Warner Home Video (Firm)

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Language Note:

English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed captioned.

Summary:

In Venice on holiday, composer Gustav Aschenbach encounters a young Polish boy and becomes obsessed with him, a secret passion that will lead to his doom.

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ISBN:

0790785307

Audience Notes:

Rated PG-13.

Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
After the Thomas Mann novella Tod in Venedig.
Special features: behind-the-scenes faaturette: Visconti's Venice ; theatrical trailer ; and stills gallery.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Screenplay, Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco ; photography, Pasquale de Santis ; editor, Ruggero Mastroianni ; music, Gustav Mahler (from the 3rd and 5th Symphonies).

Participant/Performer Note:

Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci, Marisa Berenson, Carole André, Björn Andresen, Silvana Mangano.

Technical Details:

DVD; NTSC (Region 1); Dolby Digital, mono.

Source of Acquisition:

New Kensington copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20056.

Awards:

Festival de Cannes (1971): 25th Anniversary Award.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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