L'innocente (1976)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Luchino Visconti

Writers:

Gabriele D'Annunzio (novel)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico (written by) ...

Release Date:

11 January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Luchino Visconti's Epic Final Film [DVD Australia]

Plot:

Luchino Visconti's last film based on a novella by Gabrielle d'Annunzio is a haunting account of aristocratic...

Plot Keywords:

1800s | Fencing | Unfaithfulness | Affair | Author

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Giancarlo Giannini	...	Tullio Hermil
Laura Antonelli	...	Giuliana Hermil
Jennifer O'Neill	...	Teresa Raffo
Rina Morelli	...	Tullio's Mother
Massimo Girotti	...	Count Stefano Egano
Didier Haudepin	...	Federico Hermil
Marie Dubois	...	The Princess
Roberta Paladini	...	Miss Elviretta
Claude Mann	...	The Prince
Marc Porel	...	Filippo d'Arborio
Philippe Hersent
Elvira Cortese
Siria Betti
Enzo Musumeci Greco
Alessandra Vazzoler

Also Known As:

L'innocent (France)
The Innocent
The Intruder

Runtime:

Italy:125 min | USA:112 min | Argentina:128 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Cosmovision)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | UK:X (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Rizzoli Film

Trivia:

Director Luchino Visconti intended the title roles to be played by Alain Delon and Romy Schneider. But Delon was under long-term contract, and the $1,000,000 that his producers wanted to release him was considered too much; and Schneider was pregnant at the time, so Visconti had to work with Laura Antonelli, and the little-known Giancarlo Giannini.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Costumes from the Films of Visconti (1978)

Soundtrack:

Giochi d'acqua a Villa d'Este

upper class romance

A wealthy and arrogant aristocrat openly has an affair with another woman, thus driving his wife to start her own affair with a writer that leads to a pregnancy and baby. Giancarlo Giannini is magnificent in a role that instills in the viewer zero sympathy and outright hostility. The film heads into what can only be described as one of the most memorably tragic conclusions since Shakespeare, and is also one of the most beautifully filmed and costumed movies ever, with sumptuous deep red wallpapered rooms with velvet curtains. Wealth and position can cut both ways, with Giannini's role going down into a dark and bankrupt morality that in the end is like a swamp.