Born in Milan in 1906 into an aristocratic family and died in Rome in 1976, Visconti became a committed Marxist and assistant to Jean Renoir. His first film, Ossessione, is often described as the starting point of Italian neorealism. He later made lavish historical dramas about class, decline and desire, and also worked as a theatre and opera director.
Filmography
- Ossessione (1943)
- La Terra Trema (1948)
- Bellissima (1951)
- Senso (1954)
- White Nights (1957)
- Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
- The Leopard (1963)
- Sandra (1965)
- The Damned (1969) (1969)
- Death in Venice (1971)
- Ludwig (1973)
- Conversation Piece (1974)
- The Innocent (1976)
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