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While awaiting dinner in the hotel's lobby, he notices a group of young Poles and their governess mother, and becomes spellbound by the handsome boy Tadzio, whose casual dress and demeanor distinguishes him from his modest sisters. Aschenbach takes quarters in the beachside Grand Hotel des Bains on the Lido di Venezia. During the ship's arrival, an importunate and conspicuously made-up older man molests Aschenbach with suggestive gestures and phrases, whereupon Aschenbach turns away indignantly. Plot Ĭomposer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for rest, due to serious health concerns. In 2016, it was ranked the 27th greatest LGBT film of all time in the British Film Institute poll. In 2010, the film was ranked the 14th greatest art house film of all time by The Guardian. In 2012, Death in Venice was ranked the 235th greatest film of all time in the Sight & Sound critics' poll. Visconti won the David di Donatello for Best Director. It was nominated for Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Dirk Bogarde.

It received positive reviews from critics and won several accolades, including BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Sound. The film premiered in London on 1 March 1971, and was entered into the Cannes Film Festival. It is the second part of Visconti's thematic "German Trilogy"-preceded by The Damned (1969) and followed by Ludwig (1973).

It was filmed in Technicolor by Pasqualino De Santis, with a soundtrack featuring classical composers such as Gustav Mahler, Ludwig van Beethoven and Modest Mussorgsky. It stars Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach and Björn Andrésen as Tadzio, with supporting roles played by Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson and Silvana Mangano. Death in Venice ( Italian: Morte a Venezia) is a 1971 historical drama film directed and produced by Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti, adapted by Visconti and Nicola Badalucco from the 1912 novella of the same name by German author Thomas Mann.