Luchino Visconti's film adaptation of the classic Thomas Mann novella was a tremendous personal triumph for the acclaimed Italian director, for whom it culminated a life-long ambition. Dirk Bogarde plays the central character, an artist whose search for purity and beauty leads him to Venice where his infatuation with a young boy's beauty robs the man of his dignity.

"A stunning, richly romantic evocation of time and place! Visconti's Venice is a cinematic dream. Bogarde gives a superior performance!"

— PLAYBOY MAGAZINE

"A masterpiece! A film of rare beauty! A work of pure enchantment! Dirk Bogarde is brilliant!"

— NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"DEATH IN VENICE is Visconti's masterpiece! A perfect pearl, incredibly lustrous. So beautiful is this gem that we must joy in it for the splendor it gives!"

— MADEMOISELLE MAGAZINE

Winner of the Grand Prix Cannes 25th Anniversary Award