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

I found it pretty hard going

I found it pretty hard going

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I found it pretty hard going.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:42
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
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Movie Summary

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.
Someone mentioned that Visconti had issued an order. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:05
Someone mentioned that Visconti had issued an order.
Remember, the whole crew were homosexuals. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:05
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 00:07
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 00:08
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 00:05
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 00:06
- 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 00:06
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 00:05
- 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 00:07
One producer in particular wanted to cast a girl, to replace...
"No," I said, - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:08
"No," I said,
You were to be used to illustrate a story that was in no way your story. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:09
You were to be used to illustrate a story that was in no way...
People were a bit scared of Visconti. He was a very... - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:07
People were a bit scared of Visconti. He was a very...
He was a powerful personality - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:10
He was a powerful personality
Visconti's directing as far as he gave me any - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:12
Visconti's directing as far as he gave me any
Thomas Mann describes Tadzio as having honey-coloured hair, - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:09
Thomas Mann describes Tadzio as having honey-coloured hair,
And the boy is not really human - rather, an angel of death. - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:08
And the boy is not really human - rather, an angel of death.
On March 1, 1971, "Death in Venice" has its world premiere in London, - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:12
On March 1, 1971, "Death in Venice" has its world ...
It is here that Visconti for the first time - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:10
It is here that Visconti for the first time
The description is to stay with Björn - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:07
The description is to stay with Björn
He is "the most beautiful boy in the world". - The Most Beautiful Boy in the World 00:04
He is "the most beautiful boy in the world".