Directed by:
Luchino ViscontiCast:
Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Rina Morelli, Christian Marquand, Sergio Fantoni, Massimo Girotti, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Ernst Nadherny, Mimmo Palmara (more)Plots(1)
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. Gilded with ornate costumes and sets and a rich classical soundtrack, and featuring fearless performances, this operatic melodrama is an extraordinary evocation of reckless emotions and deranged lust, from one of the cinema’s great sensualists. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alida Valli
Italy
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Third Man (1949)
1900 (1976)
Farley Granger
USA
Best movies:
Rope (1948)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
Rina Morelli
Italy
Best movies:
The Innocent (1976)
The Leopard (1963)
La Viaccia (1961)
Christian Marquand
France
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Sergio Fantoni
Italy
Best movies:
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Sacco and Vanzetti (1971)
Massimo Girotti
Italy
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
In the Name of the Law (1949)
Anni difficili (1948)
Jean-Pierre Mocky
France
Best movies:
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Ernst Nadherny
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Wanton Countess (1954)
The Story of Vickie (1954)
Mimmo Palmara
Italy
Best movies:
Violent City (1975)
The Deserter (1971)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Marcella Mariani
Italy
Best movies:
It Happened in the Park (1953)
The Wanton Countess (1954)
We, the Women (1953)
Renato Terra
Italy
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Franco Arcalli
Italy
Best movies:
The Wanton Countess (1954)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
Winni Riva
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
The Leopard (1963)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Tony Di Mitri
Italy
Best movies:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Wanton Countess (1954)
Heinz Moog
German Empire
Best movies:
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Die Wildente (1976)
The Wanton Countess (1954)
Tonio Selwart
German Empire
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Unconquered (1947)