Edition |
DVD special edition. |
Description |
2 DVDs (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm). |
Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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stamping |
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polychrome |
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color |
Description |
auditory captions |
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digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby digital 1.0 |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
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Motion pictures |
Series |
The Criterion collection ; 1098
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Criterion collection ; 1098.
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System Details |
DVD, wide screen (1.85:1) aspect ratio ; region 1; Dolby digital monaural. |
Note |
English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) |
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English / German audio with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
Cast |
Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger, Renaud Verley, Umberto Orsini, René Kolldehoff, Charlotte Rampling, Florinda Bolkan, Albrecht Schönhals. |
Credits |
Directors of photography, Armando Nannuzzi and Pasqualino De Santis ; music, Maurice Jarre ; editor, Ruggero Mastroianni. |
Note |
Wide screen. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. |
Summary |
"The most savagely subversive film by the iconoclastic auteur Luchino Visconti employs the mechanics of deliriously stylized melodrama to portray Nazism's total corruption of the soul. In the wake of Hitler's ascent to power, the wealthy industrialist von Essenbeck family and their associates-- including the scheming social climber Friedrich (Dirk Bogarde), the conniving matriarch Sophie (Ingrid Thulin), and the cruelly deviant heir Martin (Helmut Berger, memorably donning Marlene Dietrich-like drag in his breakthrough role)-- descend into a self-destructive spiral of decadence, greed, perversion, and all-consuming hatred as they vie for power, over the family business and over one another. The heightened performances and Visconti's luridly expressionistic use of Technicolor conjure a garish world of decaying opulence in which one family's downfall comes to stand for the moral rot of a nation"--Container. |
Note |
Features: interview from 1970 with director Luchino Visconti about the film ; archival interviews with actors Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin and Charlotte Rampling ; Visconti On Set, a 1969 behind-the-scenes documentary ; new interview with scholar Stefano Albertini about the sexual politics of the film ; trailer. |
Contents |
disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features]. |
Language |
English / German audio with optional English subtitles, or, Italian audio with optional English subtitles. |
Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
Subject |
Dysfunctional families -- Germany -- Drama.
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Dysfunctional families. |
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Germany. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933 -- Drama.
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Social conditions. |
Chronological Term |
1918-1933 |
Subject |
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933 -- Drama.
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Politics and government. |
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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei -- Drama.
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Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. |
Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Visconti, Luchino, 1906-1976, film director, screenwriter.
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Haggiag, Ever, film producer.
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Lévy, Alfred, 1945- film producer.
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Badalucco, Nicola, screenwriter.
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Medioli, Enrico, screenwriter.
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Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999, actor.
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Thulin, Ingrid, actor.
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Griem, Helmut, actor.
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Berger, Helmut, 1944-2023, actor.
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Rampling, Charlotte, 1946- actor.
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Nannuzzi, Armando, 1925-2001, director of photography.
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De Santis, Pasqualino, director of photography.
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Jarre, Maurice, composer (expression)
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Mastroianni, Ruggero, editor of moving image work.
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Italnoleggio cinematografico, production company.
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Praesidens (Firm), production company.
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Pegaso Cinematografica, production company.
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Eichberg-Film GmbH, production company.
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Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, distributor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Added Title |
Caduta degli dei (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006040120
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Götterdämmerung |
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Luchino Visconti's The damned |
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Italian title: Caduta degli dei |
Added Title |
Container of (work): Caduta degli dei (Motion picture). English.
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Container of (work): Caduta degli dei (Motion picture). Italian.
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ISBN |
9781681438801 |
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1681438801 |
Standard No. |
715515264518 |
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00715515264518 |
Music No. |
CC3298DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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CC4398D The Criterion Collection |
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