Death in Venice

DVD 1971

Based on the novella by Thomas Mann, this late masterpiece from Luchino Visconti is a meditation on the nature of art, the allure of beauty, and the inescapability of death. Setting Mann's story of queer desire and bodily decay against the music of Gustav Mahler, it is one of cinema's most exalted literary adaptations.

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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in Venedig Film adaptations

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Criterion collection Criterion collection ; 962 Criterion collection ; 962 [DVD]

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ISBN:

9781681435534

Edition:

Two-DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (131 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG

Notes:

Aspect ratio, 2.35:1
Based on novella by Thomas Mann
Includes Speical features
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971
Title from container
Director of photography, Pasquale De Santis ; editor, Ruggero Mastroianni ; art director, Ferdinando Scarfiotti ; costume designer, Piero Tosi ; music by Gustav Mahler
Dirk Bogarde, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci, Marisa Berenson, Carole André, Björn Andresen, Silvana Mangano
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Monaural
For private home use only
In English with English subtitles
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Contents:

Disc 1. Death in Venice (DVD)
Disc 2. Bonus disc (DVD)

Control Number:

2670584

UPC:

715515226615

Other Authors:

Andresen, Björn, 1955- actor
Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999, actor
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Visconti, Luchino, 1906-1976, film director
motion picture adaptation of (work): Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in Venedig. English

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