L'innocente (1976)

Director:

Luchino Visconti

Writers:

Gabriele D'Annunzio (novel)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico (written by) ...

Release Date:

11 January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Luchino Visconti's Epic Final Film [DVD Australia]

Plot:

Luchino Visconti's last film based on a novella by Gabrielle d'Annunzio is a haunting account of aristocratic...

Plot Keywords:

1800s | Fencing | Unfaithfulness | Affair | Author

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini	...	Tullio Hermil
Laura Antonelli	...	Giuliana Hermil
Jennifer O'Neill	...	Teresa Raffo
Rina Morelli	...	Tullio's Mother
Massimo Girotti	...	Count Stefano Egano
Didier Haudepin	...	Federico Hermil
Marie Dubois	...	The Princess
Roberta Paladini	...	Miss Elviretta
Claude Mann	...	The Prince
Marc Porel	...	Filippo d'Arborio
Philippe Hersent
Elvira Cortese
Siria Betti
Enzo Musumeci Greco
Alessandra Vazzoler

Also Known As:

L'innocent (France)
The Innocent
The Intruder

Runtime:

Italy:125 min | USA:112 min | Argentina:128 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Cosmovision)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | UK:X (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Rizzoli Film

Trivia:

Director Luchino Visconti intended the title roles to be played by Alain Delon and Romy Schneider. But Delon was under long-term contract, and the $1,000,000 that his producers wanted to release him was considered too much; and Schneider was pregnant at the time, so Visconti had to work with Laura Antonelli, and the little-known Giancarlo Giannini.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Costumes from the Films of Visconti (1978)

Soundtrack:

Giochi d'acqua a Villa d'Este

Beautiful and Sad

Luchino Visconti is one of my favorite directors. I think Death in Venice is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. This film begins with the credits shown over a book with its pages being turned by a hand reminding me of Jeanne Cocteau's beginning for Beauty and the Beast (1946). Tullio (Giancarlo Gianni) is an aristocrat married to Laura Antonelli but he fools around shamelessly with Jennifer O'Neil. He's a bullshit artist at high speed, but one day he gets his come-uppance. He seems not to care about Antonelli's feelings, and one day she cheats on him with a novelist/writer. She is left pregnant, and Tullio is devastated. He cannot accept the child (who all thinks is his own). Visconti's films always have a certain disdain for rich people, and here his contempt is risen to art while telling a very engaging story. Gianni's performance is powerful stuff, while Antonelli is both beautiful and sad in equal measures. Not as good as Death in Venice but excellent nonetheless.