Poster from TMDB
Film · TMDB
7.2A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.
Cast
- Farley Granger as Il Tenente Franz Mahler
- Alida Valli as La Contessa Livia Serpieri
- Massimo Girotti as Il Marchese Roberto Ussoni
- Heinz Moog as Il Conte Serpieri
- Rina Morelli as Laura, la Governante
- Christian Marquand as Un Ufficiale Boemo
Themes
- venice, italy
- italian
- betrayal
- countess
- austrian officer
- italian history
- 19th century
- adulterous wife
- 1860s
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
9,511 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
- Year
- 1954
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 3 wins & 2 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Luchino Visconti
- Screenplay by
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico , Luchino Visconti, Carlo Alianello, Giorgio Bassani , Giorgio Prosperi , Tennessee Williams , Paul Bowles
- Based on
- Senso , by Camillo Boito
- Produced by
- Domenico Forges Davanzati
- Starring
- Alida Valli , Farley Granger , Massimo Girotti
- Cinematography
- G.R. Aldo , Robert Krasker
- Edited by
- Mario Serandrei
- Music by
- Anton Bruckner , Nino Rota (adaptation)
- Distributed by
- Lux Film
- Release date
- 30 December 1954 ( 1954-12-30 )
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Country
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian, German
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 126
- FilmAffinity ID
- 373576
- Image
- Photo Alida Valli in a scene from Senso, a 1954 film directed by Luchino Visconti 1954 - Touring Club Italiano 04 1512.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1954-01-01
- Commons category
- Senso
- title
- Senso
- review score
- 88%
Sources (13)
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
Article
Senso is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, based on Camillo Boito's novella of the same name. Set during the Third Italian War of Independence, the film follows the Italian Contessa Livia Serpieri (Alida Valli), who has an affair with the Austrian Lieutenant Franz Mahler (Farley Granger). It was Visconti's first color film.
The word senso [ˈsɛn.so] is Italian for "sense," "feeling," or "lust." The title refers to the delight Livia experiences while reflecting on her affair with a handsome lieutenant, in spite of her political convictions.