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Senso is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, based on Camillo Boito 's novella of the same name. Set during the Third Italian War of Independence, the film follows the Italian Contessa Livia Serpieri ( Alida Valli ), who has an affair with the Austrian Lieutenant Franz Mahler ( Farley Granger ).
Senso: Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog. An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Luchino Visconti
- 1968-07-08
Feb 21, 2011 · Visconti's "Senso" (1954) opens in an opera house and in a way never leaves it. This is a passionate and melodramatic romance, with doomed lovers, posturing soldiers, secret meetings at midnight , bold adultery and dramatic deaths.
Senso. This lush, Technicolor tragic romance from Luchino Visconti stars Alida Valli as a nineteenth-century Italian countess who, during the Austrian occupation of her country, puts her marriage and political principles on the line by engaging in a torrid affair with a dashing Austrian lieutenant, played by Farley Granger.
- Countess Livia Serpieri
A wanton contessa (Alida Valli) loves and betrays an unscrupulous Austrian officer (Farley Granger) in 1860s Venice.
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- Alida Valli
- Luchino Visconti
- Lux Film
SENSO (1954) - The Criterion Collection. Out on Blu-ray and DVD on February 22, 2011! Learn more: http://www.criterion.com/films/27543-sensoThis lush, Technicolor tragic romance...
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Feb 6, 2020 · Senso – 1954 Visconti. A magnificent painterly work from Visconti—his first film in color and his fourth feature overall. Unlike Ossessione and La Terra Trema this is a 180-turn away from neorealism in a lot of ways (professional actors, color, expensive upper class).