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Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti

Italian theatre, opera and cinema director (1906-1976)
November 2, 1906 (March 17, 1976)

The Innocent

V.O.: L'Innocente
It. 1976. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, Jennifer O'Neill. In 1900, a count with libertarian tendencies is troubled when he learns that his wife is expecting a child after a passing affair.
Runtime: 129 min.

Conversation Piece

V.O.: Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno
It. 1973. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Burt Lancaster, Silvana Mangano, Helmut Berger. Forced to rent out part of his apartment, a retired professor becomes the observer of odd customs.
Runtime: 120 min.
It. 1972. History by Luchino Visconti with Helmut Berger, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard. The increasingly unbalanced life of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
Runtime: 184 min.

Death in Venice

V.O.: Morte a Venezia
It. 1971. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Dirk Bogarde, Bjorn Andresen, Silvana Mangano. A composer taking a rest cure in Venice is attracted by the beauty of a Polish teenager.
Runtime: 130 min.

The Damned

V.O.: La Caduta degli Dei
It. 1969. Social drama by Luchino Visconti with Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Dirk Bogarde. The tragic fate of a German industrialist family during the rise of Hitler.
Runtime: 155 min.

The Stranger

V.O.: Lo Straniero
It. 1967. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Karina, Georges Géret. The indifference of a man when faced with the events of his life.
Runtime: 104 min.

The Witches

V.O.: Le Streghe
It. 1966. Comedy by Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Vittorio De Sica with Silvana Mangano, Toto, Alberto Sordi. The misadventures of five Italian women from different conditions.
Runtime: 121 min.

Sandra

V.O.: Vaghe Stelle dell'Orsa...
It. 1965. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig. The troubled friendship between a young man and his sister jeopardizes the latter's marriage.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Leopard

V.O.: Il Gattopardo
It. 1963. Drama by Luchino Visconti with Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale. The reactions of a Sicilian aristocrat to the revolution led by Garibaldi in 1860.
Runtime: 160 min.

Boccace '70

V.O.: Boccaccio '70
It. 1961. Sketches by Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica with Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider, Sophia Loren. The adventures of a puritan, a couple of aristocrats and a girl who offers herself up as the prize in a lottery.
Runtime: 165 min.
It. 1961. Sketches by Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica with Marisa Solinas, Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider. The adventures of a new couple, a puritan, a married aristocrat involved in a scandal and a fairground worker who offers herself up as the prize in a lottery.
Runtime: 208 min.

Rocco and His Brothers

V.O.: Rocco e i suoi Fratelli
It. 1960. Social drama by Luchino Visconti with Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot. The trials and tribulations faced by a Calabrian family that moves to Milan.
Runtime: 170 min.

White Nights

V.O.: Le Notti bianche
It. 1957. Poetic drama by Luchino Visconti with Maria Schell, Marcello Mastroianni, Jean Marais. A man falls in love with a young girl waiting for the return of the one she loves.
Runtime: 101 min.
It. 1954. Sentimental drama by Luchino Visconti with Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Massimo Girotti. A Venetian countess falls in love with an adventurer who takes money from her.
Runtime: 117 min.

We, The Women

V.O.: Siamo donne
It. 1953. Sketches by Alfredo Guarini, Gianni Franciolini, Roberto Rossellini, Luigi Zampa, Luchino Visconti with Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Alida Valli. Four famous actresses recall a chapter in their lives.
Runtime: 100 min.

Beautiful

V.O.: Bellissima
It. 1952. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Anna Magnani, Tina Apicella, Walter Chiari. A mother makes a thousand efforts to make her child the star of a movie.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Earth Trembles

V.O.: La Terra Trema
It. 1948. Social drama by Luchino Visconti with Antonio Arcidiacono, Rosa Costanzo, Nicola Castorino. The miserable living conditions of Sicilian fishers squeezed by unjust fishmongers.
Runtime: 154 min.

Les Amants diaboliques

V.O.: Ossessione
It. 1942. Mores drama by Luchino Visconti with Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Juan de Landa. A woman encourages her lover to murder her husband.
Runtime: 126 min.

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