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The Damned (Götterdämmerung) (Italian: La caduta degli dei, lit. 'The Fall of the Gods') [a] is a 1969 historical-drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti , and starring Dirk Bogarde , Ingrid Thulin , Helmut Berger , Helmut Griem , Umberto Orsini , Charlotte Rampling , Florinda Bolkan , Reinhard Kolldehoff and Albrecht ...
- Henry Bacon
- 1998
The Damned: Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger. The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.
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- Drama, War
- Luchino Visconti
- 1969-12-18
Luchino Visconti's “The Damned” is a magnificent failure, an example of a great director working at the peak of his ability and somehow creating almost nothing at all. Surely no one else could have made this film; surely no one at all should have. It is one of the most impenetrable films ever made.
Apr 17, 2021 · A film of aggressive, almost wearying beauty despite its depraved subject matter, The Damned is perhaps Visconti’s most famous film, along with Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia, 1971), his greatest international success, and Visconti’s last major work.
Feb 19, 2015 · Considering the palpable late-Visconti historical requiem atmosphere with which The Damned is imbued, the film is a peculiar, striking and singular experience. As Brad describes it, it’s “both impossible to take completely seriously, but too brazen and compelling in its outrageousness to dismiss.”
The German title of Luchino Visconti’s film, “Gotterdammerung,” after Wagner’s opera, may say it all. “The Damned” is a lush melodramatic tale of decadence and corruption, drawing parallels between the decline and demise of a rich family of industrialists and the rise of Hitler and Nazism.
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RARE footage + ENG subtitles Here Luchino Visconti discusses his latest work, The Damned (La caduta degli dei), released in 1969. The film was a big success and started nazisploitation...
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