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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

The Professionals (Richard Brooks, 1966)

Jan

12

1812

The Professionals (1966)

The sheriff jolts something down next to a wall calendar that reads January 12, 1812. Just visible through a window, Jake (Woody Strode) approaches. DP: Conrad L. Hall.

“Right now, I don't know if it's me or the dynamite that doin' all that sweatin'.”

– Jake Sharp

#FilmDuJour #January #RichardBrooks #FrankORourke #BurtLancaster #LeeMarvin #RobertRyan #WoodyStrode #JackPalance #ClaudiaCardinale #MauriceJarre #ConradLHall #western #adventure #action #BookAdaptation #USA #1960s ★★½