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La caduta degli dei
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7.4/10   2,351 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Nicola Badalucco (story) and
Enrico Medioli (story) ...
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Release Date:
18 December 1969 (USA) more
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Plot:
The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dirk Bogarde ... Frederick Bruckmann
Ingrid Thulin ... Sophie Von Essenbeck
Helmut Griem ... Aschenbach
Helmut Berger ... Martin Von Essenbeck
Renaud Verley ... Gunther Von Essenbeck
Umberto Orsini ... Herbert Thallman
Reinhard Kolldehoff ... Konstantin Von Essenbeck (as René Koldehoff)
Albrecht Schoenhals ... Joachim Von Essenbeck (as Albrecht Schönhals)
Florinda Bolkan ... Olga
Nora Ricci ... Governess

Charlotte Rampling ... Elisabeth Thallman
Irina Wanka ... Lisa
Karin Mittendorf ... Thilde Thallman
Valentina Ricci ... Erika Thalman
Wolfgang Hillinger ... Janek
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Die Verdammten (West Germany)
Luchino Visconti's The Damned (USA) (poster title)
The Damned (Götterdämmerung)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, nudity and aberrant sexuality. (edited version)
Runtime:
156 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Ireland:18 | Spain:18 | Italy:VM18 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (cut version) (1979) | USA:X (original rating) | West Germany:16 | UK:X (original rating)

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Footage shot during the "Night of the Long Knives" sequence but never shown previously in the United States is restored in the 2004 DVD release. It is in subtitled German and expands the running time to 156 minutes. more
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Continuity: The film opens on the night of the Reichstag Fire (27 February 1933). However, later that night (or early the next morning) the police inspector investigating the murder of Joachim, in dictating a report to a secretary, gives the date as 18 February 1933. more
Quotes:
Sophie Von Essenbeck: It's not a joke. Enormous interests are at stake, and Martin thinks...
Konstantin Von Essenbeck: As far as I know, it's the first time Martin ever used his head to think!
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9 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Fall of the Gods, 18 March 2006
Author: dbdumonteil

"La Caduti dei degli" may take place during Hitler's time.Actually it makes me think of a Shakespearian tragedy.A tragedy with many characters performed by a stellar cast :Helmut Berger,Helmut Griem,Dirk Bogarde,Ingrid Thulin ,all extraordinary thespians.Actually Martin at the beginning of the story is close to Hamlet and Sophie recalls Gertrude.

Nothing predated "la caduti dei degli" except for the long "dinner" scene in Minnelli's " Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and of course Frank Borzague 's "mortal storm".The three works involve a whole family during the Nazi era.

Admirable scenes:the first pictures, Hell's antechamber; the dinner in the baroque Essenbeck mansion when Berger does his Marlene "Blaue Engel" Dietrich imitation (impressive!); the incest night with an unusually inventive use of light;the orgy; the final "wedding" when a a mushy sentimental song can be heard.

In "Ludwig" three years later,only one character would remain on stage. Visconti was a master.

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