Venice, spring 1866, in the final days of the Austrian occupation. A troubled and neurotic Italian countess betrays her country, jeopardizing her marriage and political principles, by engaging in a torrid love affair with an Austrian lieutenant. It is the tragic and self-destructive romance, according to Luchino Visconti, filmed in lush Technicolor, accentuating the lines of operatic melodrama, in a sensual evocation of irresponsible emotions.
2K restoration
Cineteca di Bologna
- Duration: 123’
- Production year: 1954
- Country: IT
- Language: IT, DE Subtitles: PT
Venice Film Festival 1954 – Official Selection in Competition
