Luchino Visconti Events

1943 May 16 "Ossessione" Is Released
Ossessione (Obsession) is a 1942 film based on the novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain. Luchino Visconti’s first feature film, it is considered by many to be the first...
1960 Sep 6 "Rocco And His Brothers" Is Released
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (English: Rocco and His Brothers is a 1960 Italian and French film directed by Luchino Visconti. Set in Milan, it tells the story of an immigrant family from the S...
1963 Mar 28 "The Leopard" Is Released
The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo) is an award-winning 1963 film by Italian director Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel of the same name.
1969 Oct 14 "The Damned" Is Released
The Damned (Italian: La caduta degli dei, German: Die Verdammten (Götterdämmerung)) is a 1969 film by Luchino Visconti. The Damned has often been regarded as the first of Visconti's fi...
1971 Mar 1 "Death In Venice" Is Released
Death in Venice (Italian: Morte a Venezia) is a 1971 film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen. The film is based on the novella Death in Venice by Th...