Luchino Visconti's film adaptation of the classic modernist novel by Thomas Mann, set to the music of Gustav Mahler and starring Dirk Bogarde

Turn of the century Venice: in need of a complete rest, famous composer Gustav von Aschenbach arrives at the Lido. He finds the city in the grip of disease, but soon becomes fascinated by Tadzio, a young boy whose exquisite beauty disturbs the composer and awakens in him passions that ultimately lead to tragedy.
Showing in widescreen format.
(1971) Film Reviews pages 53-59