The Innocent (1976 film)

The Innocent
Original film poster
Directed byLuchino Visconti
Screenplay bySuso Cecchi d'Amico
Enrico Medioli
Luchino Visconti
Based onThe Intruder
by Gabriele d'Annunzio
Produced byGiovanni Bertolucci
StarringGiancarlo Giannini
Laura Antonelli
Jennifer O'Neill
CinematographyPasqualino De Santis
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byFranco Mannino
Production
company
    • Rizzoli Film
    • Les Films Jacques Leitienne
    • Francoriz Production
Distributed by
    • Cineriz (Italy)
    • Les Films Jacques Leitienne (France)
Release dates
  • 15 May 1976 (1976-05-15) (Cannes)
  • 18 May 1976 (1976-05-18) (Italy)
  • 15 September 1976 (1976-09-15) (France)
Running time
125 minutes
CountriesItaly[1]
France[1]
LanguageItalian

The Innocent (Italian: L'innocente[1]) is a 1976 period drama film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Giancarlo Giannini, Laura Antonelli, and Jennifer O'Neill. It is an adaptation of Gabriele d'Annunzio's 1892 novel The Intruder,[2] about a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful, he becomes enamored of her again. It was Visconti's final film, released posthumously, three months after his death in March 1976.

  1. ^ a b c "L'innocente (1976)". European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  2. ^ "L'Innocent". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-02-28.