The great French critic André Bazin said of director Luchino Visconti that he filmed the Sicilian fishermen in “La Terra Trema” as if they were “tragic princes.” In the 1963 epic “The ...

Italian filmmakers turned the devastating impact of Fascism and World War II on their country into cinematic art. Directors, including the openly gay Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, and Vittorio ...

Filmmaker Luchino Visconti, left, instructs actors Helmut Berger and Romy Schneider during the making of the 1973 historical drama “Ludwig.” Mr. Berger played Ludwig II, the “Swan King” of ...