THE DAMNED
by Luchino Visconti Di Modrone
synopsis
The power and fortune of the Von Essenbeck family remained intact even when Germany lost World War I, and during the depression that followed. Now it's 1934, and the baron has summoned his family to a dinner that also brings a cousin rising in the Nazi party to the great house accompanied by a rising manager at the baron's company. Two little girls recite poetry in the parlor and then play hide-and-seek with their cousin Martin (Helmut Berger). Suddenly there is a scream. The baron has been shot with their father's gun and the father flees the country.
| international title: | The Damned |
| original title: | La caduta degli Dei (Götterdämmerung) |
| country: | Italy, Germany |
| year: | 1969 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Luchino Visconti Di Modrone |
| film run: | 156' |
| release date: | BE 02/10/1969, IT 15/10/1969, FI 14/11/1969, SE 22/12/1969, DK 26/12/1969, NO 19/01/1970, DE 27/01/1970, FR 18/02/1970, NL 19/02/1970, UK 03/1970, RS 09/01/1971, IE 19/03/1971, PL 02/1972, HU 01/11/1973, ES 01/12/1975, PT 1975 |
| screenplay: | Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti Di Modrone |
| cast: | Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem |
| cinematography by: | Pasqualino De Santis, Armando Nannuzzi |
| film editing: | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| art director: | Vincenzo Del Prato |
| costumes designer: | Piero Tosi |
| producer: | Ever Haggiag, Alfred Levy |
| executive producer: | Pietro Notarianni |
| associate producer: | Attilio D'Onofrio |
