Dirk Bogarde,
Ingrid Thulin,
Helmut Griem,
Helmut Berger,
Renaud Verley
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The rise of Nazism as reflected within a decadent German industrialist family.
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2004
Stats: 49 reviews
The first half is fascinating, showing the depravity of the rising Nazism reflected on the decay of the Essenbeck family. After that, however, it seems that Visconti does not want to conclude his story, and he goes on indefinitely in an endless soap-opera of backstabbing and murd... read more
Based on a family's foray into unadulterated corruption during the third Reich. Initially, the relationships of the various characters were difficult to follow, but their manipulations and depravity slowly and memorably reveal their personalities. Debauchery and decadence are i... read more
In 1930s Germany, the aristocratic Von Essenbeck clan struggles amidst the Nazi regime to retain control over an industrial empire, while the family members react with varying degrees of compliance.
This lengthy, ponderous drama lacks the slam-bam action that one might expect fr... read more
Imperfect and excessive -- and also essential. Full Review
By boldly confronting the psycho-sexual depravity of the Nazi mindset, all the way through to is inevitable incestuous nature, Visconti creates a specific cinematic vernacular for viewing and discussi... Full Review
Visual remarkable, endlessly inventive critque of Hitler's Germany. Full Review
Lavishly mounted, Visconti's melodramatic spectacle draws parallels between the demise of a German rich and powerful clan and the rise of Hitler to power. One of the 1960s most popular and controversi... Full Review
The Damned is a lot of things - bilious and perverse are the two first adjectives that spring to mind - but one thing it is not is a film of half-measures. Full Review
Occassionally overflows with self-indulgence and didacticism, weakening an otherwise and often potent critique Full Review
By the end of the opening sequence, the film has already indulged in pan-sexuality, corporate backstabbing, anti-reactionary suppression, pedophilia, and murder plots. Full Review
the script feels like it's written by a graduate student doing a research paper on Mein Kampf Full Review
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