Death in Venice (1971)

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AKA: Morte a Venezia
Directed by: Luchino Visconti
Starring: Dirk Bogarde (Gustav von Aschenbach), Björn Andresen (Tadzio), Silvana Mangano (Tadzio’s mother), Mark Burns (Alfred), Marisa Berenson (Gustav’s wife), Carole André (Prostitute)
Country: Italy; Effed Up European Cinema
Language: English, Italian (Eng Subs); Effed Up Italian Films
Runtime: 02:10:51
Genres: Old-Young Relationships, Gay, Voyeur-Stalking

Plot – Spoilers:
Based on the Thomas Mann novel that came before Nabokov’s Lolita.

A renowned conductor, Gustav, travels to Venice for a much-needed vacation. He’s aware of his socially-bestowed superiority and expresses this while dealing with anyone that serves him and who often exhaust him by their very presence. Otherwise, Gustav is a slightly nervous, sad and unhealthy-looking man, for whom peace seems eternally elusive. All of his work that earned him fame has been rooted in the constant conflict he sees in defining and understanding beauty and art – is it always natural or can an artist conjure beauty seemingly from nothing.

Venice is peaking with tourists at this time, but one of them particularly catches Gustav’s attention at the hotel. A young 14-15 year-old aristocratic boy, Tadzio, staying there with his mother and sisters. The boy arouses feelings in Gustav that he then tries to convince himself are merely his recognition of perfect beauty appearing before him, that just so happen to have manifested as a young boy. In time, Gustav begins to believe that Tadzio is aware and encouraging of his interest. An interest that turns obsessive as Gustav starts stalking the boy around town, who in turn often strikes poses that hark back to the greatest Greek and Roman sculptures. To Gustav, this comparison is deathly real – the most he desires physically from Tadzio, he is convinced, is to stroke his hair, yet the boy remains unattainable and incapable of response, just like a cold stone sculpture.

A documentary on the actor that played Tadzio, The Most Beautiful Boy In The World was made in 2021.

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João Carlos
João Carlos
January 2, 2026 7:13 am

Filme clássico italiano maravilhoso ,lembro de ver um trecho na tv e fiquei curioso até descobrir nesse site incrível obrigado administrador você e fantástico isso e uma obra prima do cinema um dos melhores filmes italiano de todos os tempos bela fotografia nota 10

Old Mom Hubbard
Old Mom Hubbard
December 1, 2025 4:13 am

A lot of movie buffs consider “Death In Venice” to be a masterpiece. I’m not one of them. “Death In Venice” doesn’t even make my top 500 movie list. The reason Luchino Visconti was praised for this film was because it was considered brave at the time to put out a movie about a dirty old man lusting after the ass of a teenage boy who looked like a girl. Visconti was basically just a rich pervert. “Death In Venice” is the story of a super rich neurotic hypochondriac dweeb named Gustav who goes to Venice for a vacation (doctor’s orders) and apparently gets the hots for a faggy looking teen named Tadzio. I say apparently because there is no dialog to confirm this. There are just facial expressions and gestures to imply this. Most of the time you see Gustav and Tadzio kind of milling about aimlessly, exchanging suggestive looks, while you are wondering what the fuck is going on in either of their minds. Eventually Gustav has a complete mental breakdown, perspiring wildly. Is it because he lusts over Tadzio’s ass? Is it because the town of Venice is being sanitized for a possible plague? Is it mental illness? Is it a combination of all or some of the above? The soundtrack is either super loud or super quiet. With a huge budget like Visconti had you’d think someone would have noticed that in post. It was really hard to stay awake for this one with the constant… Read more »

João Carlos
João Carlos
November 28, 2025 4:59 am

Parabéns pelo site ter esse filme disponível e um clássico do cinema

Jimmy
Jimmy
June 22, 2025 9:47 pm

music: 10
cinematography: 10
nap: 10
didnt finish it tho too boring

Gustav
Gustav
February 26, 2025 5:58 am

Here I sit, broken-hearted,
Tried to shit but only farted,
Oh it would be eternal bliss,
To have young Tadzio drink my piss.

~ from the private Venetian diaries of Prof G. von Aschenbach

morey
morey
December 22, 2024 12:01 am

kind of assumed it’d been uploaded already… maybe i’ll give it a second go now that it’s here, fell asleep the first time i tried watching it haha

katie wignall
katie wignall
December 21, 2024 11:49 am

hella weird and boring 😭

fred
fred
December 14, 2024 3:07 pm

if analchildmolester is banned then NSDAP should be – petition starts here

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NSDAPwasChristian
December 12, 2024 7:00 pm

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steves 27th victim
steves 27th victim
December 12, 2024 1:39 pm

faggot admin are being controlled by steve to delete my messages

Deweybudman
Deweybudman
December 11, 2024 4:02 pm

Must suck being a frustrated pedo .all they think about is diddling young boys ..eventually you snap and do something that gets you lynched and/or castrated

Corey
Corey
December 11, 2024 2:43 am

I’ve been waiting for this one for far too long

STYL0
STYL0
December 10, 2024 11:39 am

the comparison to lolita is brilliant and very apt, i like the cinematography and music and sound engineering.strange to see how much money used to go in to pedo coping media

Zed Man
Zed Man
December 9, 2024 11:24 pm

Pedo movie. Made for Steve, the pre-teen ass eater.

bies
bies
December 9, 2024 9:46 pm

Great to have you back, Admin! But why mention that ‘Der Tod in Venedig’ (1911) was published before Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ (1955)? These works of literature have nothing in common whatsoever.
As a case in point: Visconti’s film is not bad and does justice to the novella; all attempts to film Nabokov’s novel have failed, the novel (one of the best ever written, and one that makes fun of Thomas Mann!) being too ambiguous.