Rent Senso (1954)
3.4 of 5 from 103 ratings
1h 56min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- Venice. 1866. After a night walking the empty streets of the ancient city together, a countess (Alida Valli) falls in love with an Austrian officer (Farley Granger) and becomes his mistress. War breaks out and separates them until she eventually finds him again in the throes of battle against the Italians. Betraying both her principles and her cause, she tries to reform him with cruel and tragic consequences for them both.
- Actors:
- Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Heinz Moog, Rina Morelli, Christian Marquand, Sergio Fantoni, Tino Bianchi, Ernst Nadherny, Tonio Selwart, Marcella Mariani, Massimo Girotti, Franco Arcalli, Aldo Bajocchi, Ottone Candiani, Nando Cicero, Claudio Coppetti, Cristoforo De Hartungen, Tony Di Mitri, Eugenio Incisivo, Marianne Leibl
- Directors:
- Luchino Visconti
- Producers:
- Domenico Forges Davanzati, Renato Gualino, Riccardo Gualino
- Writers:
- Luchino Visconti, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Camillo Boito, Carlo Alianello, Giorgio Bassani, Giorgio Prosperi, Tennessee Williams, Paul Bowles
- Aka:
- The Wanton Countess
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Brando: A Centenary Celebration, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, Holidays Film Collection, Lions on the Lido, People of the Pictures, Romantic Film Pairings for Valentine's Day, The Cinema Paradiso Kissing Montage, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Luchino Visconti, The Instant Expert's Guide to Martin Scorsese, Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema, Top 10 Films Set in Venice, Top Films
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 18/08/2025
- Run Time:
- 123 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- The Wanton Countess - the alternate English language presentation of the film with newly transferred audio
- Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel - a documentary on Visconti's life and career featuring contributions from Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster, Francesco Rosi and more (dir. Carlo Lizzani, 1999)
- Archival interview with Luchino Visconti and Maria Callas
- New interview with critic and fashion historian Matteo Augello (2025)
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Reviews (1) of Senso
Very disappointing - Senso review by DC
Some consider this one of the greatest films ever made!
I just don't get it, this is the worst Visconti film I've seen.
There are fundamental weaknesses in the film:
1) A dull story
2) Miscast leads, Valli over-acts (her facial expressions are way over the top) and Granger is unconvincing. They have no chemistry at all.
3) It's impossible to care about the characters.
4) I just couldn't believe that Countess Livia Serpieri (Valli) would do the things she did. It was totally out of character, I know she was in love but this was taking it too far.
I'm glad I've seen it so I can tick it off as another of Visconti's work but it's the only one of his films I've seen so far that I have no interest in watching again.
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