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La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung) [The Damned] (Luchino Visconti, 1969)

May

18

Visit Your Relatives Day

La caduta degli dei (Götterdämmerung) (1969)

Martin Von Essenbeck (Helmut Berger) entertains the family. DPs: Pasqualino De Santis & Armando Nannuzzi.

A family gathering on Visit Your Relatives Day (USA)

“You must realize that today in Germany anything can happen, even the improbable, and it's just the beginning, Frederick. Personal morals are dead. We are an elite society where everything is permissible. These are Hitler's words. My dear Frederick, even you should give them some thought.”

– Aschenbach

The wealthy Von Essenbecks gather for a family dinner party. There is entertainment.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #VisitYourRelativesDay #families #LuchinoVisconti #DirkBogarde #IngridThulin #HelmutGriem #HelmutBerger #RenaudVerley #UmbertoOrsini #CharlotteRampling #MauriceJarre #PasqualinoDeSantis #ArmandoNannuzzi #Nazis #drama #WW2 #Italy #WestGermany #Switzerland #1960s ★★★½

Ludwig (Luchino Visconti, 1973)

Mar

25

Elton John – 1947

Ludwig (1973)

Elisabeth “Sissi” of Austria (Romy Schneider) and King Ludwig II of Bavaria (Helmut Berger) in his beloved Venus Grotto below Schloss Linderhoff. Ludwig wanted blue light in reference to the Grotta Azzurra in #Capri, and had electricity installed in the grotto, which was the first usage of electricity in Austria. DP: Armando Nannuzzi.

A flamboyant character for Elton John’s birthday (1947).

“I want to remain an enigma forever. To others, and also to myself.”

– Ludwig II

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #flamboyance #LuchinoVisconti #HelmutBerger #RomySchneider #TrevorHoward #SilvanaMangano #GertFröbe #HelmutGriem #ArmandoNannuzzi #history #drama #biography #Italy #France #WestGermany #Monaco #1970s ★★★½

Lo straniero [The Stranger] (Luchino Visconti, 1967)

Jul

3

soup

Lo straniero (1967)

Arthur Meursault (Mastroianni) eating from a cracked bowl. DP: Giuseppe Rotunno.

#FilmDinner #LuchinoVisconti #AlbertCamus #MarcelloMastroianni #AnnaKarina #PieroPiccioni #GiuseppeRotunno #drama #crime #BookAdaptation #soup #Italy #France #Algeria #1960s ★★★½