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    Luchino Visconti

    Italian theatre, opera and cinema director

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  2. Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo ( Italian: [luˈkiːno viˈskonti di moˈdroːne]; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of cinematic neorealism, but later moved towards luxurious, sweeping epics dealing with themes of beauty ...

  3. May 23, 2018 · Visconti, Luchino (1906–76) Italian film director, b. Count Don Luchino Visconti di Modrone. His debut film, Ossessione (1942), was a pioneering work of Italian neo-realism. Other films include Senso (1953), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Leopard (1963), Death in Venice (1971), and Conversation Piece (1975).

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Luchino Visconti (born Nov. 2, 1906, Milan—died March 17, 1976, Rome) was an Italian motion-picture director whose realistic treatment of individuals caught in the conflicts of modern society contributed significantly to the post-World War II revolution in Italian filmmaking and earned him the title of father of Neorealism.

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  5. The House of Visconti di Modrone is a collateral branch of the Visconti of Milan. It originated in the 17th century and still exists today. Since the 19th century, several lineage members achieved prominence in different domains of public life, including theatre and cinema director Luchino Visconti.

  6. Luchino Visconti di Modrone. Height. 5′ 10″ (1.78 m) Mini Bio. Born in his ancestral palazzo, situated in the same Milanese square as both the opera house La Scala and the Milan Cathedral, Luchino Visconti (1906 - 1976) was raised under the auspices of aristocratic privilege, theater and Catholicism.

    • November 2, 1906
    • March 17, 1976
  7. Luchino Visconti di Modrone was born in Milan on November 2, 1906, the fourth of seven children of Duke Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone (1879-1941) and Carla Erba (1880-1939), owner of Italy’s largest pharmaceutical house. He was the younger brother of Guido, Anna, and Luigi, and the elder of Edoardo, Ida Pace, and Uberta.

  8. Mar 17, 2016 · Luchino Visconti di Modrone is one of the few film directors who also had the distinction of calling himself a genuine aristocrat. Born in 1906 to a noble family in northern Italy, his well-bred background and international art education only seemed to enable his subversive tendencies.

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