The Damned

1969 film by Luchino Visconti
Movie film Q637849
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Summary

The Damned is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,962 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Luchino Visconti[3]
  • Screenwriter: Nicola Badalucco[4], Enrico Medioli[5], Luchino Visconti[6]
  • Composer: Maurice Jarre[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8], art film[9], LGBTQ-related film[10]
  • Cast member: Dirk Bogarde[11], Ingrid Thulin[12], Helmut Griem[13], Helmut Berger[14], Renaud Verley[15], Umberto Orsini[16], Reinhard Kolldehoff[17], Florinda Bolkan[18], Nora Ricci[19], Charlotte Rampling[20], Ester Carloni[21], Albrecht Schoenhals[22], Irina Wanka[23], Karl-Otto Alberty[24]
  • Part of the series: Deutsche Trilogie[25]
  • Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment[26], Warner Bros. Pictures[27]
  • Director of photography: Pasqualino De Santis[28], Armando Nannuzzi[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Italian[30], German[31], English[32]
  • Commons category: Les Damnés[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[35], 84%[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: Germany[38], Italy[39]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1969[40]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[41], Netflix[42]
  • Narrative location: Germany[43]
  • Filming location: Germany[44], Austria[45], Lake Como[46], Lierna[47]
  • Main subject: incest[48], dysfunctional family[49], Nazi Germany[50]
  • Film editor: Ruggero Mastroianni[51]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[52]
  • Title: The Damned[53]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 18[54]
  • Duration: 155 minutes[55]
  • Costume designer: Piero Tosi[56]

Why It Matters

The Damned has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . filmportal.de. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'eml', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', '
    Ampas collections film id → W062723
    Sitelink count → 34
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 64118
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → la-caduta-degli-dei, la-caduta-degli-dei-gotterdammerung
    Filmová databáze film id → 15853
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  4. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → la-caduta-degli-dei, la-caduta-degli-dei-gotterdammerung
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 7336
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  6. 18w ago · Mullanur · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inspired by → —
    Rars rating → 16+
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  7. 22w ago · ~2026-27941-70 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kijkwijzer rating → 12
    Screenwriter → Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti
    Distribution format → video on demand
    Narrative location → Germany
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inspired by: Lake Como"
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