What is Special about this DVD?
This is one of Laura Antonelli's rarest... and she is impeccably gorgeous in this Widescreen Edition, designed for an English audience, and coded for all regions. Luchino Visconti’s (Rocco and his Brothers, The Leopard) final film, released two months after his death, is a stunning conclusion to an epic career, a sumptuous adaptation of Gabriele d’Annunzio’s 1892 novel portraying the decadence of the aristocracy in late 19th-century Italy.

Plot Summary
Tullio (Giancarlo Giannin), a debauched aristocratic libertine, indulges in a series of affairs and finally leaves his wife for his sensual mistress, the manipulative Jennifer O’Neill. Faced, however, with the wrath of his mistresses' cuckolded husband, Tullio tries to return to his wife only to learn that she’s begun a passionate tryst with a young writer, Filippo. Recreating a world of lush extravagance, Visconti masterfully conveys the pathos of a society bonded by family tradition and honour, but torn apart by shallow self-indulgence.

Starring:
Giancarlo Giannini ... Tullio Hermil
Laura Antonelli ... Giuliana Hermil
Jennifer O'Neill ... Teresa Raffo
Rina Morelli ... Tullio's Mother
Massimo Girotti ... Count Stefano Egano
Didier Haudepin ... Federico Hermil
Marie Dubois ... The Princess
Roberta Paladini ... Miss Elviretta
Claude Mann ... The Prince
Marc Porel ... Filippo d'Arborio

Directed By:
Luchino Visconti

Special Features:
Chapter Menu
Trailers

Technical Details:
Italian Audio
Optional English Subtitles
2.35:1 Widescreen (16:9)
All Regions Pal

MPAA Rating:
Unrated

The "Skin Factor":
Laura Antonelli appears nude in this one. There is also full frontal male nudity.