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''The Damned'' (Italian title: ''La caduta degli dei'' ("The Fall of the Gods" )) is a 1969 Italian-German drama film written and directed by Luchino Visconti. The plot centers on the Essenbecks, a wealthy industrialist family who have begun doing business with the Nazi Party, a thinly veiled reference to the Essen-based Krupp family of steel industrialists. The Italian title is the conventional translation of the term ''Götterdämmerung'' (with its Wagnerian association), but for the German version, the title ''Die Verdammten'' ("The Damned") was chosen. All versions use ''Götterdämmerung'' as a subtitle, however. ==The German Trilogy== ''The Damned'' has often been regarded as the first of Visconti's films described as "''The German Trilogy''", followed by ''Death in Venice'' (1971) and ''Ludwig'' (1973). Author Henry Bacon, in his book ''"Visconti: Explorations of Beauty and Decay"'' (1998), specifically categorizes these films together under a chapter "Visconti & Germany". Visconti's earlier films had analyzed Italian society during the Risorgimento and postwar periods. Peter Bondanella's ''Italian Cinema'' (2002) depicts the trilogy as a move to take a broader view of European politics and culture. Stylistically, "They emphasize lavish sets and costumes, sensuous lighting, painstakingly slow camerawork, and a penchant for imagery reflecting subjective states or symbolic values," comments Bondanella. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Damned (1969 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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