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Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976), was an Italian theatre, opera and cinema director, as well as a screenwriter. He is best known for his films ''The Leopard'' (1963) and ''Death in Venice'' (1971). ==Life== Luchino Visconti was born into a prominent noble family in Milan, one of seven children of Giuseppe Visconti di Modrone, Duke of Grazzano Visconti and Count of Lonate Pozzolo, and his wife Carla〔("M/M Icon: Luchino Visconti" ), ''Manner of Man Magazine'' online at mannerofman.com, 2 November 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2012〕 (née Erba, heiress to Erba Pharmaceuticals). He was formally known as Count don Luchino Visconti di Modrone, and his family is a branch of the House of Visconti. In his early years, he was exposed to art, music and theatre: he studied cello with the Italian cellist and composer Lorenzo de Paolis (1890–1965) and met the composer Giacomo Puccini, the conductor Arturo Toscanini and the writer Gabriele D'Annunzio. During World War II, Visconti joined the Italian Communist Party. Visconti made no secret of his homosexuality. His last partner was the Austrian actor Helmut Berger, who played Martin in Visconti's film ''The Damned''. Berger also appeared in Visconti's ''Ludwig'' in 1972 and ''Conversation Piece'' in 1974, along with Burt Lancaster. Other lovers included Franco Zeffirelli,〔Silva, Horacio, ("The Aristocrat" ), ''The New York Times'', 17 September 2006. (Overview of Visconti's life and career) Retrieved 7 November 2011〕 who also worked as part of the crew in production design, as assistant director, and other roles in a number of Visconti's films, operas, and theatrical productions. Visconti suffered a stroke in 1972, but continued to smoke heavily. He died in Rome of another stroke at the age of 69. There is a museum dedicated to the director's work in Ischia. 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「Luchino Visconti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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