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  • Death In Venice
  • Death In Venice review by from West Midlands
    Rated - 5 stars Beautiful movie 24 April 2004
    ...l score from Gustav Malher. This is a slow pace drama in several acts from Luchino Visconti. It is not your action movie, it is more a reflective, slow pace drama that fo...  
  • The Leopard
  • The Leopard review by from London, England
    Rated - 2 stars Epic Italian costume drama with just a few moments of sparkling script 19 November 2004
    ... Surely the character interaction is the most important thing? Furthermore, Luchino Visconti displays a complete lack of empathy towards the female characters. They're tot...  

Luchino Visconti - filmography


  • The Damned on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Dirk Bogarde,  Ingrid Thulin,  Helmut Berger
    Director: Luchino Visconti
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A family's decline coincides with Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s and serves as an allegory for German society as a whole in this intoxicating work from Luchino Visconti. The Essenbeck family runs the German steel industry and the nervous patriarch attempts to appease the Nazis by appointing a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 872 members
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  • Rocco And His Brothers on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Alain Delon,  Renato Salvatori,  Annie Girardot
    Director: Luchino Visconti
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Acclaimed director Luchino Visconti's (DEATH IN VENICE) powerful epic is one of the most internationally adored Italian films in history. The story of a poor family torn apart by lust and greed, ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS stars the gorgeous French actor Alain Delon as Rocco, a soft-spoken, idealistic ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 1,289 member
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  • Senso on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Alida Valli,  Farley Granger,  Massimo Girotti
    Director: Luchino Visconti
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An extravagantly romantic story about the tempestuous affair between an Italian countess and a dashing Austrian officer. When war and revolution break out, the contessa becomes torn between her fervent patriotic commitment and her obsessive love for one of the enemy.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 212 members
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  • Bellissima on DVD (1951)
    Starring: Anna Magnani,  Walter Chiari,  Tina Apicella
    Director: Luchino Visconti
    Certificate: Certificate:
    When casting children's roles, director Luchino Visconti (The Leopard; Death in Venice) is said to have been besieged by clamouring mothers, each trying to attract his attention to their child with cries of "Bellissima!". In his film of the same name, Visconti turned his experiences into art, in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 190 members
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  • La Terra Trema on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Luchino Visconti
    Director: Luchino Visconti
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    An example of the neo-realism school of Italian cinema, this is the story of a Sicilian fisherman whose toils are exploited by the men of the fish market. Highly influential Italian director Luchino Visconti;s second film, LA TERRA TREMA is a powerful drama that integrates real Sicilian locals into ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 653 members
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  • Ossessione on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Clara Calamai,  Massimo Girotti,  Vittorio Duse
    Director: Luchino Visconti
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Landmark world cinema director Luchino Visconti's first film, and a breakthrough in Italian neo-realism, was banned by the Fascists. With control and meticulous detail, the story follows two lovers who dispose of an unwanted husband only to find their troubles just beginning.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 968 members
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  • Bailey On
    Starring: David Bailey,  Andy Warhol,  Cecil Beaton
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. David Bailey interviews Andy Warhol, Cecil Beaton and Luchino Visconti.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 49 members
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Luchino Visconti facts

5 most recent films

Conversation Piece - 3.0 stars
Ludwig - 3.0 stars
Death In Venice - 3.0 stars
The Damned - 3.0 stars
The Leopard - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bellissima - 3.5 stars
Rocco And His Brothers - 3.5 stars
Ossessione - 3.5 stars
La Terra Trema - 3.5 stars
The Leopard - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Leopard, The - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
White Nights - 3.0 stars
Boccaccio 70 - 3.0 stars
Bailey On - 3.0 stars
Conversation Piece - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Helmut Berger - 3 times - show films
Alain Delon - 3 times - show films
Claudia Cardinale - 3 times - show films
Burt Lancaster - 3 times - show films
Romy Schneider - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Federico Fellini - 1 times - show films
Vittorio D - 1 times - show films