Directed by:
Luchino ViscontiComposer:
Maurice JarreCast:
Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger, Umberto Orsini, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Florinda Bolkan, Nora Ricci, Charlotte Rampling (more)Plots(1)
The Essenbeck family runs the German steel industry and the nervous patriarch attempts to appease the Nazis by appointing a successor sympathetic to their cause. But his choice sets off a round of in-fighting as his children battle for control of the company. His young grandson eventually takes charge, but his drug addiction wreaks havoc on his family when he brutally rapes his mother and turns her into an addict. By the end of the film, the Nazis, including the party members in the family, are on the verge of taking over Europe. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Dirk Bogarde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/564/164564138_93b4cf.jpg)
Dirk Bogarde
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Damned (1969)
![Ingrid Thulin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/696/163696983_bde80d.jpg)
Ingrid Thulin
Sweden
Best movies:
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Winter Light (1963)
The Silence (1963)
![Helmut Griem](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271429_b305bd.jpg)
Helmut Griem
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Cabaret (1972)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
![Helmut Berger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/061/168061531_dlssmh.jpg)
Helmut Berger
German Empire
Best movies:
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Conversation Piece (1974)
The Damned (1969)
![Umberto Orsini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359107_3c3945.jpg)
Umberto Orsini
Italy
Best movies:
The Sweet Life (1960)
Jury of One (1974)
The Damned (1969)
![Reinhard Kolldehoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412564_84abfd.jpg)
Reinhard Kolldehoff
German Empire
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Damned (1969)
The Violent People (1970)
![Florinda Bolkan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/656/165656670_822afe.jpg)
Florinda Bolkan
Brazil
Best movies:
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
The Last Valley (1971)
![Nora Ricci](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396156_626f5e.jpg)
Nora Ricci
Italy
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1973)
Beautiful (1951)
![Charlotte Rampling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/029/162029687_095b16.png)
Charlotte Rampling
UK
Best movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Dune: Part One (2021)
The Damned (1969)
![Jessica Dublin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/316/316816_640bd6.jpg)
Jessica Dublin
USA
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
All the Way Trinity (1972)
Manhunt (1972)
![Karl-Otto Alberty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440732_76f9f9.jpg)
Karl-Otto Alberty
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Damned (1969)
![Irina Wanka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/104/160104534_2054fe.jpg)
Irina Wanka
West Germany
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Klimt (2006)
![Renaud Verley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/033/880/33880001_9206a7.jpg)
Renaud Verley
France
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
Bell from Hell (1973)
Ester Carloni
Italy
Best movies:
History (1986) (TV movie)
General Della Rovere (1959)
The Damned (1969)
Albrecht Schoenhals
German Empire
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963)
Piero Morgia
Italy
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Accattone (1961)
Mamma Roma (1962)
Klaus Höhne
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Treasure Island (1966) (series)
The Damned (1969)
Antonietta Fiorito
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
Ace High (1968)
God Forgives... (1967)
John Frederick
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Damned (1969)
Bill Vanders
Best movies:
The Damned (1969)
One on Top of the Other (1969)
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975) (TV movie)