
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 131m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: it
- Country: France, Italy
- Director: Luchino Visconti
- Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Nora Ricci
- keywords: beach, venice, italy, composer, obsession, beauty, vacation, cholera, male homosexuality, epidemic, teenage boy, makeover, homoeroticism, unspoken love
- Production_studio: Alfa Cinematografica, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
- Slogan: The celebrated story of a man obsessed with ideal beauty.
- The Death in Venice is featured in the top rankings of 1971
- #5 in Top Romance Movies of 1971
- #21 in Top Drama Movies of 1971
Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.