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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 77% of the 240 1950s romance movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
256 audience votes
Key crew
- Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
- Luchino ViscontiDirector
- Luchino ViscontiScreenplay
- Anton BrucknerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Farley GrangerIl Tenente Franz Mahler
- Alida ValliLa Contessa Livia Serpieri
- Massimo GirottiIl Marchese Roberto Ussoni
- Heinz MoogIl Conte Serpieri
- Rina MorelliLaura, la Governante
- Christian MarquandUn Ufficiale Boemo
- Sergio FantoniLuca
- Tino BianchiIl Capitano Meucci
- Ernst NadhernyIl Comandante della Piazza di Verona
- Tonio SelwartIl Colonello Kleist
- Marcella MarianiClara, la Prostituta
- Franco ArcalliUn Soldato (uncredited)
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Themes
venice, italyitalianbetrayalcountessaustrian officeritalian history19th centuryadulterous wife1860s