Luchino Visconti (film)

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Luchino Visconti
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Directed by Carlo Lizzani
Written byLuigi Filippo D'Amico
Carlo Lizzani
Produced byLaura Pettini
Silvia Pettini
Starring Claudia Cardinale
Narrated byCarlo Lizzani
CinematographyBruno Di Virgilio
Edited byDanilo Perticara
Music byFranco Mannino
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
Running time
60
Country Italy
Language Italian

Luchino Visconti is a 1999 Italian documentary film about the filmmaker Luchino Visconti and directed by Carlo Lizzani. It stars Claudia Cardinale. [1]

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References

  1. "Claudia Cardinale". Mymovies.it . Retrieved December 1, 2010.