The Damned DVD 1970 Region 1 US Import NTSC: Amazon.co.uk: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger, Renaud Verley, Umberto Orsini, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Albrecht Schoenhals, Florinda Bolkan, Nora Ricci, Charlotte Rampling, Irina Wanka, Luchino Visconti, Alfred Levy, Attilio D'Onofrio, Ever Haggiag, Pietro Notarianni: DVD

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4.0 out of 5 stars They Don't Make Them Like This Anymore, 12 Aug 2005

By	Colin C "Colin C" (Glasgow) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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The Damned is a long, overblown, spectacular, strange and decadent film. Despite all that, it's very watchable, mainly because of the sheer, majestic beauty of the way it has been filmed. It's hard not to admire the painterly, perfectly composed images, despite the bizarre content of the plot, which centres around the downfall of a family of German industrialists under the Nazis. One scene in particular, when we watch soldiers crossing a scenic lake to bring death and destruction to a party on the shore, combines beauty and impending doom in a very memorable way.

The Damned is a far better film than the more famous Death in Venice because it does in fact have a plot, a sense of drama, and one or two performances which are not completely overdone and hysterical (Helmut Berger excepted).

The DVD print is excellent and this film is a recommended curio for anyone into oddities and good old-fashioned decadence.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A modern Greek tragedy, 5 Oct 2007

By	L. A. Jeffery "tonyandlulu" (England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Damned [DVD] [1969] (DVD)

I love this film, but anyone looking for a straightforward story of the rise of the Nazi's in Germany should stop reading now.

The story revolves around the Essenbecks, an all powerful family of German industrialists who murder (often each other) their way to the top of the new order. This is a fable, a cross between a Shakespearean play such as Macbeth or a Greek tragedy upon which this was undoubtedly based and there is enough murder, incest, sexual deviance and matricide to please any fans of those two styles. It is a wonderful macabre film, an often distasteful tormented fantasy that seeks to confront taboo subjects in a surreal and provoking way. Ok, there is a bit of hysteria but then there always is with Visconti and you just have to accept this in order to enjoy a wonderful, high camp masterly colourful ride. True to form it is also extremely anti-capitalist something nearly always at the heart of Visconti's work.

Helmut Berger in his first major role does well as the degenerate son, later performances would be better but given the fact that Visconti humiliated him time and time again in front of the entire cast and often reduced him to tears he gives a good account of a disturbed young man - he also looks fabulous and the camera loves him.

Ingrid Thulin that Bergman discovery is a lovely actress - radiant on screen she handles the role well giving it just the right whiff of depravity. All the other actors are good, Dirk Bogarde has a few scenes of hysteria towards the end which might make a few toes curl but after all, he's just following the wishes of his all powerful director. Costumes and settings are as always with Visconti scrupulously reproduced.

Having said all the above perhaps it's best to forget all the background and politics and messages and just sit back and let this brightly coloured dream wash over you.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It leaves you thoughtfull, 13 Jun 2004

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Very good film, shows a lot of brilliant actors and lightens some of the areas nobody else does. Visconti does it very well and makes it go beyond the borders. Also historical facts are shown in down to earht way. If you are after something to think about and see also some parrallels with today - this is a right choice. I wouldn`t call it entertainment,it`s more historical detective with social and political undertext.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Near Miss
I don't think this film entirely comes off - though, given the talent involved, both in front of, and behind, the camera, there's no way it can be without interest... Read more

Published 17 days ago by Richard Ely

3.0 out of 5 stars Damned Good or Damnable ?
It's now some thirty years since I first saw this and after some five viewings I'm as ambivalent about it now as I was then. Read more

Published 3 months ago by El Wilfendo

3.0 out of 5 stars Historical value only, in more ways than one.
I saw this on release in 1969 (yes I am that old) and remembered it as a controversial film about a real event during the rise of the Nazis. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Mr. P. Johnson

4.0 out of 5 stars Evil triumphant
"You must realize that today in Germany anything can happen, even the improbable, and it's just the beginning, Frederick. Personal morals are dead. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

4.0 out of 5 stars Evil triumphant
"You must realize that today in Germany anything can happen, even the improbable, and it's just the beginning, Frederick. Personal morals are dead. Read more

Published 20 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

2.0 out of 5 stars Film students, but no-one else, should watch this
A grotesque and fascinating melodrama, The Damned hovers somewhere between a bad soap-opera peopled by lizards and a Wagnerian disaster movie. What is Bogarde doing here? Read more

Published 22 months ago by Simon Harvey

2.0 out of 5 stars A very poor film
A disappointing film which concentrates on the sexual abnormalities of one member of one family on the rise in Nazi Germany. Read more

Published on 26 Dec 2004 by georgedennismax

5.0 out of 5 stars The MAIN movie
This is the main movie I ever saw in my life. Changed my view forever. I pray that it will be released as a DVD in the next years. Read more

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