Death in Venice (Criterion Collection)

Dirk Bogarde, Mark Burns. Grand Prize winner at the Cannes Film Festival. An aging composer who has recently suffered through a disastrous performance, travels to Venice to seek repose from the failure. There he becomes instantly obsessed with a teenage boy and ultimately places his life in danger rather than dismissing his feelings for him. Based on the novel by Thomas Mann. Directed by Luchino Visconti. 1971/color/131 min/NR/widescreen.