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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. 50 years later, that shadow still weighs upon Björn Andresen's life.

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Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri

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documentary, biography, history

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4 wins & 13 nominations

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- He is a child actor.
- A child actor, is he? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- He is a child actor. - A child actor, is he?

Have you seen anyone you think might work? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Have you seen anyone you think might work?

No, not yet. Some are really sweet,
but we've not got a bullseye yet. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

No, not yet. Some are really sweet, but we've not got a...

The door is about to open. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

The door is about to open.

A boy, stood behind the door,
doesn't yet know - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

A boy, stood behind the door, doesn't yet know

His face is to become an icon - all over the world.

How old is he? Older, right? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

How old is he? Older, right?

- Yes, a little. He's 15.
- Big. 15? Very beautiful. Turn your head. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- Yes, a little. He's 15. - Big. 15? Very beautiful. Tu...

- He's very beautiful in this photo.
- Did you bring any photographs? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- He's very beautiful in this photo. - Did you bring an...

Can you walk round the room in a circle? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Can you walk round the room in a circle?

He's damn tall. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

He's damn tall.

- Beautiful! Ask him to undress.
- Could you bare your torso? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- Beautiful! Ask him to undress. - Could you bare your torso...

- So you're half-naked.
- Half-naked? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- So you're half-naked. - Half-naked?

- Look into the camera, too.
- Look into the camera and smile a little. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- Look into the camera, too. - Look into the camera and smil...

- Very beautiful...
- Walk around a bit. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- Very beautiful... - Walk around a bit.

Ask him to stop.
Get a big close-up, really tight! - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Ask him to stop. Get a big close-up, really tight!

Very, very close.
Three-quarter shot, not full face. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Very, very close. Three-quarter shot, not full face.

- Smile into the camera.
- Look into the camera and smile. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- Smile into the camera. - Look into the camera and smile.

- You have a lovely smile!
- Thank you. We need to take pictures. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- You have a lovely smile! - Thank you. We need to take pict...

Mario! Let's take close-ups, too - - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Mario! Let's take close-ups, too -

He has a beautiful face. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

He has a beautiful face.

Welcome to Tenants' Association.
You'll be given three options. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Welcome to Tenants' Association. You'll be given t...

Well, I need legal advice. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Well, I need legal advice.

What do I do?
I know nothing about this stuff. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

What do I do? I know nothing about this stuff.

Explain what's happened
and what you need assistance with, - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Explain what's happened and what you need assistance wi...

You could say
I'm being threatened with eviction... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

You could say I'm being threatened with eviction...

- ...with termination of contract.
- Right. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- ...with termination of contract. - Right.

In the landlord's letter, Björn, - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

In the landlord's letter, Björn,

- That's bullshit!
- Sure, but look here... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- That's bullshit! - Sure, but look here...

- I am not careless. I check it every time!
- But it's all part of her concern. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- I am not careless. I check it every time! - But it's ...

Because a filthy kitchen fan... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Because a filthy kitchen fan...

- ...covered in oil, can easily catch fire.
- I realise that. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- ...covered in oil, can easily catch fire. - I realise that...

That is why you are a danger.
You have to keep it clean. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

That is why you are a danger. You have to keep it clean.

Now, it's a matter of explaining
why you were lying on the bed, - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Now, it's a matter of explaining why you were lying on ...

And why the gas burner is on
when you are not at home. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

And why the gas burner is on when you are not at home.

Your duvet... I lifted it... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Your duvet... I lifted it...

And while I held it up
it just disintegrated. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

And while I held it up it just disintegrated.

It just collapsed
into little foam rubber fragments - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

It just collapsed into little foam rubber fragments

Wait... I still have a pillow here. Look! - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Wait... I still have a pillow here. Look!

Bugs have been feeding on this.
It's so bloody revolting. Horrible! - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Bugs have been feeding on this. It's so bloody revoltin...

And under it
there was a layer this thick... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

And under it there was a layer this thick...

...from carpet beetles
or revolting bugs like that. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

...from carpet beetles or revolting bugs like that.

- My home's an environmental hazard.
- Right. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- My home's an environmental hazard. - Right.

"Cyclone". What did I mean by that title? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

"Cyclone". What did I mean by that title?

I had run away from this ghastly
boarding school in Denmark - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

I had run away from this ghastly boarding school in Denmark

I didn't have any parents, really. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

I didn't have any parents, really.

It was Granny that saw to all this stuff. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

It was Granny that saw to all this stuff.

She put my name down
for all sorts of things. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

She put my name down for all sorts of things.

I don't know - I suppose
I just went along with it all. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

I don't know - I suppose I just went along with it all.

She wanted a celebrity for a grandchild. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

She wanted a celebrity for a grandchild.

And all I was certain about
was that I wanted to play music. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

And all I was certain about was that I wanted to play music.

I didn't really have any concept
of how big this all was. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

I didn't really have any concept of how big this all wa...

It was, of course, great to go abroad, - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

It was, of course, great to go abroad,

Tadzio that beautiful sculpture of a boy - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Tadzio that beautiful sculpture of a boy

Did you know exactly what you were after
when you started looking? - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Did you know exactly what you were after when you started lo...

- As if you'd had a photograph?
- Yes. He was the sixth boy I'd tried. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- As if you'd had a photograph? - Yes. He was the sixth...

He is blond, with a perfect profile and grey eyes. Can you s...

"The colour of water", as Mr Mann wrote.
Just like the colour of these eyes. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

"The colour of water", as Mr Mann wrote. Just like...

He's to be as cold as a statue.
He's understood the part. He's perfect. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

He's to be as cold as a statue. He's understood th...

There's no risk of slipping into sexuality.
That would amount to a serious fault. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

There's no risk of slipping into sexuality. That would ...

I was standing next to Visconti,
when this blond boy turned up. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

I was standing next to Visconti, when this blond boy turned ...

It was plain to see - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

It was plain to see

The boy was exquisitely beautiful,
with a truly photogenic face. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

The boy was exquisitely beautiful, with a truly photogenic f...

He was a real find. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

He was a real find.

He was a boy with a very special charisma. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

He was a boy with a very special charisma.

And that's really beautiful in a film. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

And that's really beautiful in a film.

You need to be very careful
dealing with children like that. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

You need to be very careful dealing with children like that.

"Death in Venice" is set at a classic
hotel on the Lido, an island off Venice: - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

"Death in Venice" is set at a classic hotel on the...

The story, written by Thomas Mann,
had preoccupied Visconti for years. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

The story, written by Thomas Mann, had preoccupied Visconti ...

With the ancient hotel, he creates
a perfect turn-of-the-century setting. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

With the ancient hotel, he creates a perfect turn-of-the-cen...

To Visconti, "Death in Venice"
is a deeply personal narrative. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

To Visconti, "Death in Venice" is a deeply persona...

Granny came along to Venice. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Granny came along to Venice.

She'd brought a Super 8 cine camera
and, of course, she shot everything. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

She'd brought a Super 8 cine camera and, of course, she...

Visconti gave her a small part,
which pleased her no end. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Visconti gave her a small part, which pleased her no end.

I also had a governess - Miriam. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

I also had a governess - Miriam.

She was meant to help me
with my schoolwork. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

She was meant to help me with my schoolwork.

Whom I was supposed to protect against
this new world, new to me as well. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Whom I was supposed to protect against this new world, new t...

That was my job, as stated in my contract. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

That was my job, as stated in my contract.

I found it pretty hard going. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

I found it pretty hard going.

Someone mentioned
that Visconti had issued an order. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Someone mentioned that Visconti had issued an order.

Remember, the whole crew were homosexuals. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Remember, the whole crew were homosexuals.

An order that no one was
as much as to to look at little Tadzio. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

An order that no one was as much as to to look at little Tad...

Without my being aware of it, I was
in a sense being protected by "the man". - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Without my being aware of it, I was in a sense being protect...

It's a higher form of love. Let's say... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

It's a higher form of love. Let's say...

- Perfection within love.
- I imagine, looking for producers... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- Perfection within love. - I imagine, looking for producers...

The story of the love between an aging
composer and an adolescent boy... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

The story of the love between an aging composer and an adole...

- That might cause certain problems.
- It did. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

- That might cause certain problems. - It did.

One producer in particular wanted
to cast a girl, to replace Tadzio. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

One producer in particular wanted to cast a girl, to replace...

"No," I said, - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

You were to be used to illustrate a story
that was in no way your story. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

You were to be used to illustrate a story that was in no way...

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In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. 50 years later, that shadow still weighs upon Björn Andresen's life.

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Director: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri

Writer: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, biography, history

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 15 Oct 2021

Awards: 4 wins & 13 nominations

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