Death in Venice

‘Thomas Mann’s classic is splendidly brought to the screen’ – Leonard Maltin 

Luschino Visconti’s gorgeous, meditative film adaptation of the classic novella, loosely based on the last days of legendary composer Gustav Mahler’s life, is a perfect way to kick off our screening series celebrating the cinematic influences on our theatre’s new production of Samuel Adamson’s The Ballad of Hattie and James. This film and its music plays a significant role in the lives of the play’s characters. Starring Dirk Bogarde, this vital piece of queer cinema examines the life of an artist and the search for beauty, featuring one of the great endings in cinema history.