Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti, Duke of Modrone (November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer.

Selected filmography

• Ossessione (1943) (based on James M. Cain's 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice)
• Giorni di Gloria (1945)
• La Terra trema (1950)
• Bellissima (1951)
• Senso (Livia) (1954)
• Le notti bianche (White Nights) (1957)
• Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers) (1960)
• Boccaccio '70 (1961) (based on Boccaccio's Decamerone)
• Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) (1963) (based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel Il Gattopardo)
• Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (Sandra of a Thousand Delights) (1965)
• Lo Straniero (1967)
• La caduta degli dei (The Damned) (1969)
• Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice) (1971) (based on Thomas Mann's novel)
• Ludwig (1972)
• Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (Conversation Piece) (1974)
• L'Innocente (The Innocent) (1976)