Movie Description:
This lush, tragic romance from LuchinoVisconti stars Alida Valli as a nineteenth-century Italian countess who,during the Austrian occupation of hercountry, puts her marriage and politicalprinciples on the line by engaging in a torrid affair with a dashing Austrian lieutenant, played by Farley Granger.Gilded with ornate costumes andsets anda rich classical sountrack, and featuring fearless performances, this operatic melodrama is an extraordinaryevocation of reckless emotions and deranged lust, from oneof the cinema`s great sensualists.