Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.

• Alfa Cinematografica
• Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
• Dirk Bogarde
• Björn Andrésen
• Romolo Valli
• Mark Burns
• Nora Ricci
• Silvana Mangano
• Marisa Berenson
• Carole André