Senso
Summary:
Italian director Luchino Visconti dishes up his usual blend of elegance and decadence in Senso. The international cast includes French film star Alida Valli as a Italian countess married to a Venetian nobleman, and English leading man Farley Granger as an Austrian military officer. The two are swept up in the Austrian empire's evacuation of Italy in 1866. Valli and Granger fa... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Alida Valli - (Contessa Livia Serpieri)
Farley Granger - (Lt. Franz Mahler)
Massimo Girotti - (Marquis Roberto Ussoni)
Heinz Moog - (Count Serpieri)
Rina Morelli - (Laura)
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Review:
Senso is a stunning film, featuring Luchino Visconti at his most operatic. With Alida Valli and Farley Granger thrown in for marquee value, the film chronicles the last days of the Austrian-Italian conflict, in the spring of 1866. A performance of +Il Trovatore serves as the backdrop for a stormy romance between Livia Serpieri, tra... Continue >>
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