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The Damned (Italian title: La caduta degli dei [literally "The Fall of the Gods"]) is a 1969 Italian-German drama film written and directed by Luchino Visconti. The plot centers on the Essenbecks, a wealthy industrialist family who have begun doing business with the Nazi Party, a thinly veiled reference to the Essen-based Krupp family of steel industrialists.
The Italian title is the conventional translation of the term Götterdämmerung (with its Wagnerian association), but for the German version, the title Die Verdammten ("The Damned") was chosen. All versions use Götterdämmerung as a subtitle, however.
Original Release
10/30/1969
US Release
12/18/1969
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dirk Bogarde | Friedrich Bruckmann / Frederick Bruckmann |
Ingrid Thulin | Sophie Von Essenbeck |
Helmut Griem | Aschenbach |
Helmut Berger | Martin Von Essenbeck |
Renaud Verley | Günther Von Essenbeck / Gunther Von Essenbeck |
Umberto Orsini | Herbert Thallman |
Reinhard Kolldehoff | Konstantin Von Essenbeck |
Albrecht Schoenhals | Baron Joachim Von Essenbeck / Joachim Von Essenbeck |
Florinda Bolkan | Olga |
Nora Ricci | Governess |
Directors
Writers
Luchino Visconti, Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dirk Bogarde | Friedrich Bruckmann / Frederick Bruckmann |
Ingrid Thulin | Sophie Von Essenbeck |
Helmut Griem | Aschenbach |
Helmut Berger | Martin Von Essenbeck |
Renaud Verley | Günther Von Essenbeck / Gunther Von Essenbeck |
Umberto Orsini | Herbert Thallman |
Reinhard Kolldehoff | Konstantin Von Essenbeck |
Albrecht Schoenhals | Baron Joachim Von Essenbeck / Joachim Von Essenbeck |
Florinda Bolkan | Olga |
Nora Ricci | Governess |
Charlotte Rampling | Elisabeth Thallman |
Irina Wanka | Lisa Keller |
Karin Mittendorf | Thilde Thallman |
Valentina Ricci | Erika Thallman |
Wolfgang Hillinger | Janek |
Bill Vanders | Chief of Police |
Howard Nelson Rubien | Dean of the University |
Werner Hasselmann | Gestapo Officer |
Peter Dane | Steelmill Clerk |
Mark Salvage | Police Inspector |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pietro Notarianni | Executive Producer |
Attilio D'Onofrio | Producer |
Ever Haggiag | Producer |
Alfred Levy | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1970 | Oscar | Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced | Nominated |
1970 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Male | Nominated |