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* CreatorBacklash: Bjorn Andrésen has expressed his dislike of this film and the fame that it brought to him. The 2021 documentary, ''The World's Most Beautiful Boy'', discusses how he was sexualized to the point of being repeatedly assaulted, and how the film caused him to be constantly MistakenForGay. His later acting career was a struggle to get out of this film's shadow.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Bjorn Andrésen struggled with this issue in RealLife after this film was made. ''The World's Most Beautiful Boy'' discusses how he was sexualized to the point of being repeatedly assaulted, and how the film caused him to be constantly MistakenForGay. His later acting career was a struggle to get out of this film's shadow.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti considered Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/JohnGielgud, and Creator/BurtLancaster for the role of Aschenbach. Lancaster lobbied especially hard for the part, and would later play a similar character in Visconti's ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071585/ Conversation Piece]]''.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti considered Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/JohnGielgud, and Creator/BurtLancaster for the role of Aschenbach. Lancaster lobbied especially hard for the part, and would later play a similar character in Visconti's ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071585/ Conversation Piece]]''. As for Guinness, Tom Courtenay said after watching the film that he would have found Guinness much more believable "as the great composer" than he found Bogarde.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Bjorn Andrésen struggled with this issue in RealLife after this film was made. ''The World's Most Beautiful Boy'' discusses how he was sexualized to the point of being repeatedly assaulted, and how the film caused him to be constantly MistakenForGay. His later acting career was a struggle to get out of this film's shadow.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti considered Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/JohnGielgud, and Creator/BurtLancaster for the role of Aschenbach. Lancaster lobbied especially hard for the part, and would later play a similar character in ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071585/ Conversation Piece]]''.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti considered Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/JohnGielgud, and Creator/BurtLancaster for the role of Aschenbach. Lancaster lobbied especially hard for the part, and would later play a similar character in Visconti's ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071585/ Conversation Piece]]''.
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** John Moulder-Brown (who later played Prince Otto in ''Film/{{Ludwig}}'') was considered for Tadzio, but was deemed too mature for the part.
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** John Moulder-Brown (who later played Prince Otto in Visconti's ''Film/{{Ludwig}}'') was considered for Tadzio, but was deemed too mature for the part.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The interior of Saint Mark's Basilica was actually a brick-for-brick reconstruction built at Cinecitta Studios. The real location was unsuitable for filming.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The interior of Saint Mark's Basilica was actually a brick-for-brick detailed reconstruction built at Cinecitta Studios. The real location was unsuitable for filming.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: The interior of Saint Mark's Basilica was actually a brick-for-brick reconstruction built at Cinecitta Studios. The real location was unsuitable for filming.
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* Visconti originally intended to cast a 12-year-old as Tadzio. He approached Creator/LeifGarrett, but he turned it down.
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** Visconti asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Galli Ida Galli]], whom he'd directed in ''Film/TheLeopard'', to play Tadzio's mother. She was forced to turn it down to a scheduling conflict with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekend_Murders The Weekend Murders]]''.
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* Visconti originally intended to cast a 12-year-old as Tadzio. He approached Creator/LeifGarrett, but he turned it down.
** Visconti asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Galli Ida Galli]], whom he'd directed in ''Film/TheLeopard'', to play Tadzio's mother. She was forced to turn it down to a scheduling conflict with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekend_Murders The WeekendMurders]]''.Murders]]''.
** John Moulder-Brown (who later played Prince Otto in ''Film/{{Ludwig}}'') was considered for Tadzio, but was deemed too mature for the part.
** Visconti asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Galli Ida Galli]], whom he'd directed in ''Film/TheLeopard'', to play Tadzio's mother. She was forced to turn it down to a scheduling conflict with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekend_Murders The Weekend
** John Moulder-Brown (who later played Prince Otto in ''Film/{{Ludwig}}'') was considered for Tadzio, but was deemed too mature for the part.
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* Creator/JoseFerrer was preparing a film adaptation in 1964, but it fell through.
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* Creator/JoseFerrer was preparing a film adaptation in 1964, but it fell through.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti considered Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/JohnGielgud, and Creator/BurtLancaster for the role of Aschenbach. Lancaster lobbied especially hard for the part. He would later play a similar character in ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071585/ Conversation Piece]]''.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti considered Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/JohnGielgud, and Creator/BurtLancaster for the role of Aschenbach. Lancaster lobbied especially hard for the part. He part, and would later play a similar character in ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071585/ Conversation Piece]]''.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Galli Ida Galli]], whom he'd directed in ''Film/TheLeopard'', to play Tadzio's mother. She was forced to turn it down to a scheduling conflict with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekend_Murders The Weekend Murders]]''.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti considered Creator/AlecGuinness, Creator/JohnGielgud, and Creator/BurtLancaster for the role of Aschenbach. Lancaster lobbied especially hard for the part. He would later play a similar character in ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071585/ Conversation Piece]]''.
** Visconti asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Galli Ida Galli]], whom he'd directed in ''Film/TheLeopard'', to play Tadzio's mother. She was forced to turn it down to a scheduling conflict with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekend_Murders The Weekend Murders]]''.
** Visconti asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Galli Ida Galli]], whom he'd directed in ''Film/TheLeopard'', to play Tadzio's mother. She was forced to turn it down to a scheduling conflict with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekend_Murders The Weekend Murders]]''.
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* FakeNationality: The German Aschenbach is played by the English Creator/DirkBogarde, and his wife is played by the American Marisa Berenson. The Polish Tadzio is played by Björn Andrésen, a Swede. His mother is played by Silvana Mangano, who is Italian.
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* FakeNationality: The German Aschenbach is played by the English Creator/DirkBogarde, and his wife is played by the American Marisa Berenson. The Polish Tadzio is played by Björn Andrésen, a Swede. His mother is played by Silvana Mangano, who is Italian.Italian.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Galli Ida Galli]], whom he'd directed in ''Film/TheLeopard'', to play Tadzio's mother. She was forced to turn it down to a scheduling conflict with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekend_Murders The Weekend Murders]]''.
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** Creator/LuchinoVisconti asked [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Galli Ida Galli]], whom he'd directed in ''Film/TheLeopard'', to play Tadzio's mother. She was forced to turn it down to a scheduling conflict with ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weekend_Murders The Weekend Murders]]''.
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* FakeNationality: The German Gustav von Aschenbach is played by the English Creator/DirkBogarde, and his wife is played by the American Marisa Berenson. The Polish Tadzio is played by Björn Andrésen, a Swede. His mother is played by Silvana Mangano, who is Italian.
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* FakeNationality: The German Gustav von Aschenbach is played by the English Creator/DirkBogarde, and his wife is played by the American Marisa Berenson. The Polish Tadzio is played by Björn Andrésen, a Swede. His mother is played by Silvana Mangano, who is Italian.
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* FakeNationality: The German Gustav von Aschenbach is played by the English Creator/DirkBogarde, and his wife is played by the American Marisa Berenson. The Polish Tadzio is played by Björn Andrésen, a Swede. His mother is played by Silvana Mangano, who is Italian.
