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Death in Venice

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Death in Venice

ˌDeath in ˈVenice  (1912) a novel by Thomas Mann, which was made into a film in 1971, about a successful writer in Venice who falls in love with a beautiful Polish boy and therefore does not want to leave the city, even though there is cholera there. He stays, and finally dies from the disease. The film is also remembered for its beautiful, sad music, by Gustav Mahler.


Death in Venice
ˌDeath in ˈVenice
(1912) a novel by Thomas Mann, which was made into a film in 1971, about a successful writer in Venice who falls in love with a beautiful Polish boy and therefore does not want to leave the city, even though there is cholera there. He stays, and finally dies from the disease. The film is also remembered for its beautiful, sad music, by Gustav Mahler.