Movie Settings Database

Death in Venice

Where:

🇮🇹 Italy

When:

The 1910s

The celebrated story of a man obsessed by ideal beauty — Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as is Aschenbach.

Released in 1971 — 130 minutes

Genre:

Drama

Languages:

English French Italian Polish