| The Damned | |
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| Italian | La caduta degli dei |
| Directed by | Luchino Visconti |
| Written by | Nicola Badalucco Enrico Medioli Luchino Visconti |
| Produced by | Ever Haggiag Alfred Levy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi Pasqualino De Santis |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Maurice Jarre |
Production companies | Praesidens Pegaso Cinematografica Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico Eichberg-Film |
| Distributed by | Ital-Noleggio Cinematografico (Italy) Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (International) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 154 minutes[1] |
| Countries | |
| Languages | English German |
| Budget | $2 million[4] |
| Box office | 2,638,507 admissions (France) $1.2 million (US/Canada rentals)[5] |
The Damned (Götterdämmerung) (Italian: La caduta degli dei, lit. 'The Fall of the Gods')[a] is a 1969 historical-drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, and starring Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Berger, Helmut Griem, Umberto Orsini, Charlotte Rampling, Florinda Bolkan, Reinhard Kolldehoff and Albrecht Schönhals in his final film. Set in 1930s Germany, the film centers on the Essenbecks, a wealthy industrialist family who have begun doing business with the Nazi Party, and whose amoral and unstable heir, Martin (played by Berger in his breakthrough role), is embroiled in his family's machinations. It is loosely based on the German Krupp family of steel industrialists from Essen.
Principal photography of The Damned took place in locations throughout Italy, West Germany, and Austria. The film opened to widespread critical acclaim, but also faced controversy from ratings boards for its sexual content. In the United States, the film was given an X rating by the MPAA, which was lowered to a more marketable R after 12 minutes of offending footage were cut.
Visconti won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director, and was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar with co-writers Nicola Badalucco and Enrico Medioli. Helmut Berger received a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising Newcomer. The film won the Golden Peacock (Best Film) at the 4th International Film Festival of India.
- ^ "The Damned (X)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 September 1969. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ a b c "La caduta degli dei (1969)". European Audiovisual Observatory.
- ^ a b c "La caduta degli dei (1969)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016.
- ^ "Traumatic 'Leopard' Experience Made Visconti Skeptical, But Extols WB". Variety. 17 December 1969. p. 7.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1970". Variety. 6 January 1971. p. 11.
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