Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 - 17 March 1976) was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director and writer, best known for films such as The Leopard (1963) and Death in Venice (1971). He died in Rome of a stroke at the age of 69. There is a museum dedicated to the director's work in Ischia.
Born into a noble and wealthy family in Milan (one of the richest in northern Italy), Visconti's father Giuseppe Visc...
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Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 - 17 March 1976) was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director and writer, best known for films such as The Leopard (1963) and Death in Venice (1971). He died in Rome of a stroke at the age of 69. There is a museum dedicated to the director's work in Ischia.
Born into a noble and wealthy family in Milan (one of the richest in northern Italy), Visconti's father Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone was the Duke of Grazzano, Visconti had six siblings. In his early years he was exposed to art, music and theatre, and met the composer Giacomo Puccini, the conductor Arturo Toscanini, and the writer Gabriele d'Annunzio. During World War II Visconti joined the Italian Communist Party.
Visconti made no secret of his homosexuality. His last partner was the Austrian actor Helmut Berger, who played Martin in The Damned. Berger also appeared in Visconti's Ludwig in 1972 and Conversation Piece in 1974 along with Burt Lancaster. Other...
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