Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion

Synopsis

Forty years after his death, this documentary pays tribute to one of the major filmmakers of Italian cinema, to an original work that continues to inspire today's cinema. Coming from one of the greatest families of the Italian aristocracy, he could have been a rich and cultured man, living in opulence and idleness, but Luchino wanted a different destiny. This is the story that director Elisabeth Kapnist and Christian Dumais-Lvowski wanted to tell. Count Visconti di Modrone wears the clothes of a legend that he never stopped shaping throughout his life. This documentary reconstructs the fabric of a brilliant life, dedicated to art; theater, opera, and cinema. This artistic work is also that of a committed man, who was a fellow traveler of the Communist Party, and who resisted fascism.

Main Cast

Luchino Visconti

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 29%

Olivier Assayas

Self - Movie Director

Age : N/A | Popularity : 28%

Helmut Berger

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 27%

María Callas

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Claudia Cardinale

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 73%

Caterina D’Amico

Self - Visconti's Archivist

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Alain Delon

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 100%

Luchino Gastel

Self - Director, Visconti's Nephew

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Elisabeth Kapnist Christian Dumais-Lvowski
Directing	Director	Elisabeth Kapnist
Production	Executive Producer	François Duplat
	Producer	Christiane Graziani
	Line Producer	Patricia Houtart
	Unit Production Manager	Patricia Houtart
	Production Assistant	Amaury Lafarge
Crew	Cinematography	Ned Burgess Raphaël O'Byrne
	Post-Production Manager	Coralie Petit
Editing	Editor	Francesca Melani
Sound	Sound	Piergiuseppe Fancellu Mirko Guerra François Waledisch
	Sound Mixer	Delphine Thelliez
Department	Role	Name

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