16 Jan

14:00

Eye Filmmuseum

IJpromenade 1, Amsterdam

A screening of Luchino Visconti’s classic film adaptation of Thomas Mann’s novella, in memory of actor Björn Andrésen who played Tadzio.

Death in Venice

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In memory of Björn Andrésen

As a fifteen-year-old, Björn Andrésen was stunning as the androgynous Tadzio in Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of Thomas Mann’s novella Death in Venice. The ‘most beautiful boy in the world’ subsequently never really found his place in life. This screening is in his memory.

Andrésen was finally – after a seemingly endless odyssey – cast by Visconti as Tadzio, a stunningly beautiful boy who becomes the obsessive object of yearning for tormented composer Gustav Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde).

Part of Eye Classics

Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.