VISCONTI, LUCHINO


Meaning of VISCONTI, LUCHINO in English

orig. Don Luchino Visconti, count di Modrone

born Nov. 2, 1906, Milan

died March 17, 1976, Rome

Italian film and theatre director.

Born into the nobility, he became an assistant to Ossessione (1942), in a style foreshadowing the Neorealism of {{link=Rossellini, Roberto">Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica . His later films include the documentary-style drama La terra trema (1948), Senso (1954), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Leopard (1963, Golden Palm), The Damned (1969), and Death in Venice (1971). As a stage director, he introduced to Italy works by Jean Cocteau , Arthur Miller , and Tennessee Williams , and he staged operas starring Maria Callas that combined realism and spectacle.

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