Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti was born in Milan in 1906 into a family of the high aristocracy; his mother came from a wealthy family of pharmaceutical industrialists. A passionate lover of music and theatre, he also bred racehorses, before leaving in 1936 for Paris, where he was Jean Renoir's assistant. During the war he became close to the communists, declared himself a member of the party in 1946, directed plays and operas, and died in Rome in 1976.

In the catalogue 3

• CinemaObsessionOssessioneLuchino Visconti · 1943Cinema
• CinemaLa terra tremaLuchino Visconti · 1948Cinema
• CinemaRocco and His BrothersRocco e i suoi fratelliLuchino Visconti · 1960Cinema