L'innocente (1976)

Director:

Luchino Visconti

Writers:

Gabriele D'Annunzio (novel)
Suso Cecchi D'Amico (written by) ...
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Release Date:

11 January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Luchino Visconti's Epic Final Film [DVD Australia]

Plot:

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

Plot Keywords:

Mistress | Aristocrat | Female Nudity | Love Triangle | 1800s

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
Marina Pierro
Vittorio Zarfati
Alessandro Consorti
Filippo Perego
Margherita Horowitz
Riccardo Satta

Directed by
Luchino Visconti

Writing credits
Gabriele D'Annunzio		(novel)
Suso Cecchi D'Amico		(written by) and
Enrico Medioli		(written by) and
Luchino Visconti		(written by)

Produced by
Giovanni Bertolucci	....	producer: Rizzoli Film S.p.A.
Lucio Trentini	....	line producer

Original Music by
Franco Mannino

Cinematography by
Pasqualino De Santis

Film Editing by
Ruggero Mastroianni

Production Design by
Mario Garbuglia

Set Decoration by
Carlo Gervasi

Costume Design by
Piero Tosi

Makeup Department
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	key hair stylist
Aldo Signoretti	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Rossella Angeletti	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Albino Cocco	....	first assistant director
Giorgio Treves	....	second assistant director
Alessio Girotti	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Adolfo Bartoli	....	assistant camera
Giuseppe Bernardini	....	camera operator
Luigi Cecchini	....	second assistant camera
Mario Cimini	....	camera operator
Roberto Gengarelli	....	assistant camera
Marcello Mastrogirolamo	....	first assistant camera
Mauro Pezzotti	....	grip
Mario Tursi	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alberto Verso	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Andrea Gargano	....	final colorist

Music Department
Franco Mannino	....	conductor
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia	....	music performed by (as Orchestra Stabile della Gestione Autonoma dei Concerti dell'Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia)

Other crew
Renata Franceschi	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Rizzoli Film (co-production)
• Les Films Jacques Leitienne (co-production)
• Imp.Ex.Ci. (co-production) (as Societe' Imp. Ex. Ci. - Nizza)
• Francoriz Production (co-production) (as Francoriz Production S.A. - Parigi)

Distributors

• Analysis Film Releasing Corporation (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Connossieur Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Fabulous Films (1995) (UK) (VHS)
• Kinokuniya (2003) (Japan) (DVD) (box set)
• Homescreen (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Koch Lorber Films (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Cinemax (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Medusa Home Entertainment (2010) (Italy) (DVD)
• Poletel (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Sovexportfilm
• Versátil Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Videocast (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Filippo Haas & Figli  tapestry (as Haas)
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes (as Tirelli)
• Fendi  furs
• Cinevox Records  soundtrack (as Cinevox Record)
• Lucherini/Rossetti/Spinola/Scalera  publicity (as Lucherini - Rossetti - Spinola e Maria Ruhle)
• Technicolor  color by
• Technovision  filmed by
• Bulgari  jewelry
• Cimino  furniture
• D'Angelo  tapestry (as A. D'Angelo)
• Lembo  jewelry
• Louis Vuitton  props: bags
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs
• Sanchini  tapestry (as E. Sanchini)

Also Known As:

"The Innocent" - , International (English title) (literal title)

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 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | 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.

Quotes:

Giuliana Hermil:Children belong to those who raise them.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Belleville-Tokyo (2010)

Soundtrack:

Berecuse

upper class romance

A wealthy and arrogant aristocrat openly has an affair with another woman, thus driving his wife to start her own affair with a writer that leads to a pregnancy and baby. Giancarlo Giannini is magnificent in a role that instills in the viewer zero sympathy and outright hostility. The film heads into what can only be described as one of the most memorably tragic conclusions since Shakespeare, and is also one of the most beautifully filmed and costumed movies ever, with sumptuous deep red wallpapered rooms with velvet curtains. Wealth and position can cut both ways, with Giannini's role going down into a dark and bankrupt morality that in the end is like a swamp.