Luchino Visconti
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Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of cinematic neorealism but later moved towards l
Visconti in 1972
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Visconti (far left) with his family, circa 1912
Palazzo Visconti di Modrone in Milan
The Damned (1969 film)
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The Damned is a 1969 historical drama film directed by Luchino Visconti, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Nicola Badalucco and Enrico Medioli. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Berger, He
Luchino Visconti
…which are historical melodramas adapted from Italian literary classics, the gritty drama Rocco and His Brothers (1960), and his "German Trilogy" – The Damned (1969), Death in Venice (1971) and Ludwig (1973). He was also an accomplished director of operas and stage plays, both in Italy and abroad, and held a…
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Unterach am Attersee, where the "Night of Long Knives" sequence was filmed.