L'innocente (1976)

Director:

Luchino Visconti

Writers:

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

11 January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Luchino Visconti's Epic Final Film [DVD Australia]

Plot:

Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.

Plot Keywords:

Mistress | Semi Nudity | Mother Son Relationship | Gazebo | Widow

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
Marina Pierro
Vittorio Zarfati
Alessandro Consorti
Filippo Perego
Margherita Horowitz
Riccardo Satta

Directed by
Luchino Visconti

Writing credits
Gabriele D'Annunzio		(novel)
Suso Cecchi d'Amico		(written by) and
Enrico Medioli		(written by) and
Luchino Visconti		(written by)

Produced by
Giovanni Bertolucci	....	producer: Rizzoli Film S.p.A.
Lucio Trentini	....	line producer

Original Music by
Franco Mannino

Cinematography by
Pasqualino De Santis

Film Editing by
Ruggero Mastroianni

Production Design by
Mario Garbuglia

Set Decoration by
Carlo Gervasi

Costume Design by
Piero Tosi

Makeup Department
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	key hair stylist
Aldo Signoretti	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Rossella Angeletti	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Albino Cocco	....	first assistant director
Giorgio Treves	....	second assistant director
Alessio Girotti	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Adolfo Bartoli	....	assistant camera
Giuseppe Bernardini	....	camera operator
Mario Cimini	....	camera operator
Mauro Pezzotti	....	grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alberto Verso	....	assistant costume designer

Music Department
Franco Mannino	....	conductor
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia	....	music performed by (as Orchestra Stabile della Gestione Autonoma dei Concerti dell'Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia)

Other crew
Renata Franceschi	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Rizzoli Film (co-production)
• Les Films Jacques Leitienne (co-production)
• Imp.Ex.Ci. (co-production) (as Societe' Imp. Ex. Ci. - Nizza)
• Francoriz Production (co-production) (as Francoriz Production S.A. - Parigi)

Distributors

• Analysis Film Releasing Corporation (1979) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Connossieur Video (1991) (USA) (VHS)
• Fabulous Films (1995) (UK) (VHS)
• Kinokuniya (2003) (Japan) (DVD) (box set)
• Homescreen (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Koch Lorber Films (2009) (USA) (all media)
• Sovexportfilm
• Videocast (Brazil) (video)

Other Companies

• Filippo Haas & Figli  tapestry (as Haas)
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes (as Tirelli)
• Fendi  furs
• Cinevox Records  soundtrack (as Cinevox Record)
• Lucherini/Rossetti/Spinola/Scalera  publicity (as Lucherini - Rossetti - Spinola e Maria Ruhle)
• Technicolor  color by
• Technovision  filmed by
• Bulgari  jewelry
• Cimino  furniture
• D'Angelo  tapestry (as A. D'Angelo)
• Lembo  jewelry
• Louis Vuitton  props: bags
• Rocchetti e Carboni  wigs
• Sanchini  tapestry (as E. Sanchini)

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.

Quotes:

Tullio Hermil: I have no Hell to be afraid of... or a Heaven, I hope.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Costumes from the Films of Visconti (1978)

Soundtrack:

Marcia turca

Languid pace no problem.

The languid pace of Visconti's last film is not a problem for me. He was an old man, directing from a wheelchair, and had slowed down a lot. Think of it as the long slow movement of a symphony by Mahler - whose music, you will remember, he used in Death in Venice - and it will make more sense.

What I want to know is more about Gabriele D'Annunzio's novel. One commentator claims that the male lead is a kind of 'atheistic hero' faithful to his beliefs, and that Visconti subverts the author's intention by showing him as a rich aristocrat as selfish as he is unpleasant. Can any authority on Italian literature shed any light?