Death in Venice (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.

Released March 5, 1971 131 min 7+

Genres: Drama, Romance

Keywords: tmdb.venice-italy, tmdb.composer, tmdb.obsession, tmdb.beauty, tmdb.vacation, tmdb.male-homosexuality, tmdb.homoeroticism + 229 more, tmdb.epidemic, tmdb.teenage-boy, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.city-in-title, imdb.boys-fighting, imdb.adolescent, imdb.german, imdb.older-man-younger-man-relationship, imdb.disinfection, imdb.venice-lido-italy, imdb.delirium, tmdb.cholera, tmdb.makeover, tmdb.unspoken-love, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.hotel, imdb.venice-italy, imdb.voyeur, imdb.obsession, imdb.beach-resort, imdb.aging, imdb.holiday, mdblist.fresh, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.dubbed-dialogue, imdb.hotel-room, imdb.doctor, imdb.orchestra, imdb.pince-nez, imdb.dining-room, awards.oscar-nominated, imdb.reference-to-mathematics, imdb.elevator-operator, imdb.reference-to-munich-germany, imdb.wedding-ring, imdb.reference-to-lake-como-italy, imdb.sunset, imdb.church-bells, imdb.footbridge, imdb.reference-to-the-german-mark, imdb.plague, imdb.lagoon, imdb.tourist, imdb.barber-shop, imdb.pocket-watch, imdb.hotel-desk-clerk, imdb.gondolier, imdb.governess, imdb.year-1911, imdb.historical-drama, imdb.unrequited-gay-love, imdb.memento-mori, imdb.travel-agent, imdb.tourist-resort, imdb.hotel-clerk, imdb.gay-actor-gay-character, imdb.ephebophile, imdb.gay-protagonist, imdb.gay, aspectratio.2-39-1, awards.festival-cannes-winner, release.dvd, imdb.teenage-boy-wades-in-water, imdb.weak-heart, imdb.difficulty-walking, imdb.makeover, imdb.voyeurism, imdb.european-literature-on-screen, imdb.erotica, imdb.difficulty-breathing, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.implied-sex-with-prostitutes, imdb.allegory, imdb.philosophy, imdb.nervous-breakdown, imdb.sense-of-smell, imdb.man-dyes-his-hair, tmdb.colera, imdb.coffin, imdb.sirocco, imdb.piano, imdb.carrying-a-dead-body, imdb.social-inhibition, imdb.aesthetics, imdb.elevator, imdb.steamboat, imdb.homoerotism, imdb.laughter, imdb.teenage-boys-wrestle, imdb.teenage-boys-throw-sand-at-each-other, imdb.man-collapses, imdb.cholera-epidemic, imdb.genius, imdb.death-of-daughter, imdb.place-in-title, imdb.idealist, imdb.voice-over-conversation, imdb.running-teenage-boy, tmdb.praia, imdb.boat, imdb.audio-flashback, imdb.man-collapses-to-the-ground, imdb.reference-to-god, imdb.jeering-crowd, imdb.gay-subtext, imdb.street-musician, imdb.flashback, imdb.yearning, imdb.professor, imdb.gay-love, imdb.bonfire, imdb.end-of-life-experience, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.teenage-boy-does-a-cartwheel, imdb.man-kisses-a-framed-photograph, imdb.death-of-protagonist, imdb.warning, imdb.reflection-in-a-mirror, imdb.foreign-language-spoken, imdb.mustached-man, imdb.costume-drama, imdb.piazza, imdb.death-in-title, imdb.contagion, imdb.morality, imdb.smiling-teenage-boy, imdb.illness, imdb.very-little-dialogue, imdb.fear-of-illness, imdb.young-boy, imdb.beach-boy, imdb.ends-with-death, imdb.train-station, imdb.youthful-idealism, imdb.infatuation, imdb.street-life, imdb.vacation, imdb.20th-century-literature-on-screen, imdb.music-student, imdb.place-name-in-title, imdb.based-on-novella-of-same-name, imdb.pianist, imdb.beauty-ideal, imdb.waving-to-someone, imdb.foreign-language-adaptation, imdb.co-written-by-director, imdb.fantasy-scene, imdb.hourglass, tmdb.barco, imdb.applying-makeup, imdb.music-critic, imdb.middle-aged-man, imdb.period-drama, imdb.memory, imdb.playing-in-the-sand, imdb.morbidity, imdb.talking-to-oneself, imdb.pestilence, imdb.medical-cover-up, imdb.barber, imdb.teenage-boy-wears-a-swimsuit, imdb.strolling-musician, imdb.writer-director-producer, imdb.balcony, imdb.luggage, imdb.orchestra-concert, imdb.composing-music, imdb.unrequited-love, imdb.belle-epoque, imdb.youthful-innocence, imdb.teenager, imdb.busking, imdb.desire, imdb.looking-out-a-window, imdb.brothel, imdb.friendship, imdb.gondola, imdb.steamship, imdb.composer-as-protagonist, imdb.russian-tourist, imdb.male-beauty, imdb.ill-health, imdb.hair-dye-runs-down-a-man-s-face, tmdb.veneza, imdb.introvert, imdb.intellectual, tmdb.obsessed-with-a-man, imdb.kiss, imdb.secretly-observing, imdb.hotel-manager, imdb.sweating-man, imdb.cabana, imdb.epidemic, imdb.german-literature-on-screen, imdb.teenage-boy-wears-a-sailor-suit, imdb.waving-hello, imdb.spoken-inner-thoughts, imdb.venice-lagoon, imdb.man-wears-makeup, imdb.bare-chested-teenage-boy, imdb.pole-the-person, imdb.reflection-in-water, imdb.age-difference-in-relationship, imdb.framed-family-photograph, imdb.canals-of-venice, imdb.teenage-boys-walk-arm-in-arm, imdb.1910s, imdb.looking-at-oneself-in-a-mirror, imdb.musician, imdb.old-man, imdb.cholera-outbreak, imdb.sightseeing, tmdb.obsessed, imdb.fear-of-failure, imdb.man-sobbing, imdb.stalking, imdb.praying-in-church, imdb.sandcastle, imdb.man-wears-a-white-suit, tmdb.epidemia, imdb.man-touches-a-teenage-boys-head, imdb.parasol, imdb.beach-chair, imdb.strawberry, imdb.unsubtitled-foreign-language, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.german-composer, imdb.dying, imdb.scene-during-the-beginning-of-closing-credits