Damned, The
Warner Bros. (1969)
Drama, War
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085392888023
IMDB   7.6
2 hr 37 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Charlotte Rampling Elisabeth Thallman
Florinda Bolkan Olga
Ingrid Thulin
Rene Koldehoff
Dirk Bogarde Friedrick Bruckmann
Helmut Berger Martin von Essenbeck
Helmut Griem Aschenbach
Umberto Orsini Herbert Thallman
Renaud Verley
Albrecht Schoenhals
Peter Dane Steelmill Clerk
Werner Hasselmann Gestapo Officer
Wolfgang Hillinger Janek
Reinhard Kolldehoff Baron Konstantin von Essenbeck
Karin Mittendorf Thilde Thallman
Howard Nelson Rubien Dean of the University
Nora Ricci Governess
Valentina Ricci Erika Thalman
Mark Salvage Police Inspector
Director
Luchino Visconti
Joseph Losey
Producer Ever Haggiag
Alfred Levy
Anthony Hinds
Writer Nicola Badalucco
Luchino Visconti
Enrico Medioli

He was soon to become the second most powerful man in Nazi Germany.

It begins on the night of the Reichstag Fire in February 1933. It ends shortly after the infamous "Night of the Long Knives" in June 1934. In between it's one of the most spellbinding studies of corruption ever: Luchino Visconti's The Damned, a film of hypnotic moods and overwhelming visual splendor.

The Damned follows a German family's decline as the Nazi party rises. Dirk Bogarde stars as a schemer who makes a Macbeth-like move to take over a steelworks and munitions empire on the eve of Hitler's campaign to eliminate all opposition. Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem and Charlotte Rampling play others ensnared in family and political turmoil. And Helmut Berger makes his startling debut as the family heir, a handsome dandy who evolves into a sinister embodiment of unrepentant evil.
Edition Details
Distributor Warner Home Video
Chapters 35
Release Date 2/17/2004
Packaging Snap Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Closed-captioned Widescreen