Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such …

Aug 24, 2020 · I think of the haunting film by Luchino Visconti and I think of Dirk Bogarde playing the once famous musician and composer who can no longer write music…………….. I can see …

It stars Dirk Bogarde as Gustav von Aschenbach and Björn Andrésen as Tadzio, with supporting roles played by Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson, and Silvana Mangano, and was filmed in …

It is one of the most poignant moments in modern film: Dirk Bogarde as the ageing and ailing German composer Gustav von Aschenbach watches transfixed from his deck chair as Tadzio, …

The first part of a televisual life of the film actor who died in 1999, drawing on new video footage from the archive of Bogarde's long-term partner and mana...

Feb 26, 2021 · To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice, we republish this report from our Autumn 1970 issue in which …

All these changes demanded a delicate combination of trust and supervision, for during the making of Death in Venice, Dirk Bogarde could foresee no possibility of a visit from the Italian …

Bjorn Andresen in vintage swimsuit approaches Dirk Bogarde on beach in a scene from Luchino Visconti's 1971 film 'Death in Venice'. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

Feb 28, 2020 · A stylistic break for Visconti for the most part— there is some nice blocking and framing in the dining sequences (flowers galore), beach sequences (see below) but here- …

Mar 29, 2011 · Dirk Bogarde was cool. He had style. I knew that as soon as I saw him in one B&W ‘50’s movie, loafing around a beach, chatting to his bikini-clad co-star, wearing white …