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Documentary

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

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In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs Björn Andrésen’s life.

Release Date : 2021-07-30

Language :EnglishFrenchItalianJapaneseSwedish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mantaray FilmJonas Gardell ProduktionSVTZDF/Arte

Production Country : GermanySweden

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Björn Andrésen

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Björn Andrésen

Gender : Male

Robine Román

Character Name : Self - Björn Andrésen's Daughter

Original Name : Robine Román

Gender : Male

Annike Andresen

Character Name : Self - Björn Andrésen's Sister

Original Name : Annike Andresen

Gender : Male

Jessica Vennberg

Character Name : Self - Björn Andrésen's Girlfriend

Original Name : Jessica Vennberg

Gender : Male

Ann Lagerström

Character Name : Self - Björn Andrésen's Childhood Friend (voice)

Original Name : Ann Lagerström

Gender : Male

Miriam Sambol

Character Name : Self - Governess (voice)

Original Name : Miriam Sambol

Gender : Male

Silva Filmer

Character Name : Self - Björn Andrésen's Mother's Friend

Original Name : Silva Filmer

Gender : Male

Margareta Krantz

Character Name : Self - Casting Director (voice)

Original Name : Margareta Krantz

Gender : Female

Max Seki

Character Name : Self - Manager

Original Name : Max Seki

Gender : Male

Masatoshi Sakai

Character Name : Self - Music Producer

Original Name : 酒井政利

Gender : Male

Hajime Sawatari

Character Name : Self - Photographer (voice)

Original Name : 沢渡朔

Gender : Male

Riyoko Ikeda

Character Name : Self - Manga Artist

Original Name : 池田理代子

Gender : Female

Johanna Lidén

Character Name : Self - HR- Stockholm City Archive

Original Name : Johanna Lidén

Gender : Male

Kristina Lindström

Character Name : Narrator (voice)

Original Name : Kristina Lindström

Gender : Female

Barbro Andrésen

Character Name : Self - Björn Andrésen's Mother (archive footage)

Original Name : Barbro Andrésen

Gender : Male

Anne, Princess Royal

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Anne, Princess Royal

Gender : Female

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Gender : Female

Dagny Erixon

Character Name : Self - Björn Andrésen's Grandmother (archive footage)

Original Name : Dagny Erixon

Gender : Male

Mario Tursi

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Mario Tursi

Gender : Male

Luchino Visconti

Character Name : Self (archival footage)

Original Name : Luchino Visconti

Gender : Male

Dirk Bogarde

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Dirk Bogarde

Gender : Male

Silvana Mangano

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Silvana Mangano

Gender : Female

Nora Ricci

Character Name : Tadzio's Governess (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Nora Ricci

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-05-30

If there ever were to be a story of not just how transitory beauty is, but of how shallow too - then it has to be this documentary film. Kristina Lindström starts us off in the grubby and filthy apartment of Björn Andrésen. His neighbours are threatening to have him evicted if he doesn't up his game... Who is he and why should we care? Well we are quickly taken back fifty years to auditions held by Luchino Visconti for his soon to be made "Death in Venice". He is looking to cast the part of "Tadzio" - the stunningly beautiful, angelic, young man who turns the head of just about everyone in this most romantic of cities - but especially that of Dirk Bogarde's "Gustav von Aschenbach". What now ensues is a tale of a young man who must learn quickly to deal with the discipline and adulation of fame; but also with it's fickleness and with the troughs that always follow the all-too-brief moments of joy and celebrity. Let's just say that this young man didn't have his tragedies and battles to seek as he aged and this film portrays honestly, though not unsympathetically, as he learned to cope and is still trying to cope now. It features plenty of archive actuality to give the narrative gravitas and authenticity - and offers a salutary warning about the volatility of life in and after a bright, bright spotlight.