This lush, Technicolor tragic romance from Luchino Visconti (Le notti bianche, The Leopard) stars Alida Valli (The Third Man, Eyes Without A Face) as a nineteenth-century Italian countess who, amid 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 (Rope, Strangers On A Train). Gilded with fearless performances, ornate costumes and sets, and a rich classical soundtrack, Visconti's operatic melodrama is an extraordinary evocation of reckless emotions and deranged lust from one of the cinema's great sensualists.

1866, Venedig während der österreichischen Besatzung: Die Gräfin Livia Serpiera, eine glühende Patriotin, verliebt sich leidenschaftlich in den charmanten österreichischen Offizier Franz Mahler. Um seinetwillen verrät Livia ihre politische Überzeugung. Als sie entdeckt, dass Franz sie nur benutzt hat, denunziert sie ihren Geliebten als Deserteur.

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Director	Luchino Visconti
Actor	Alida Valli, Farley Granger, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli, Christian Marquand
Label	CRITERION

Genre	Drama History Romanticism
Content	Blu-ray
FSK / age rating	from age 0
Publication date	22.02.2011
Edition	Criterion Collection
Audio	Italian
Subtitles	English
Length	125 Minutes
Screen	1.33:1
Year of production	1954
Original title	Senso (Italian)
Version	US Version
Region code	A

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