Nightmare in Venice

Nightmare in Venice

Nightmare in Venice

3.6/ 10

TMDB Rating

8

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1989

Release Year

91 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

A brilliant surgeon and millionaire, married to a beautiful woman, and highly regarded in the society of Venice, wants more from life and searches for new sensations. Adapted from the 1926 novella Dream Story by the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler.

Keywords

life and death

based on novel or book

sexual obsession

free love

venice, italy

eroticism

masked ball

lust

erotic movie

erotic thriller

Cast

Gerardo Amato

Gerardo Amato

Dott. Riccardo Varchi

Tinì Cansino

Tinì Cansino

Lù

Adriana Russo

Adriana Russo

Valeria

Pier Maria Cecchini

Pier Maria Cecchini

Alessandro

Patrizia Falcone

Marianna

Renzo Rinaldi

Renzo Rinaldi

Mascheraio

Barbara Giommi

Lorenza

Franco Caracciolo

Franco Caracciolo

Stella

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Reviews(1)

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TheQuietSignal

February 12, 2026

6

6/10

A Nightmare in Venice is a low-budget, late-80s erotic thriller that loosely reconstructs the conceptual spine of Arthur Schnitzler’s Traumnovelle, later adapted by Kubrick into Eyes Wide Shut, but trades psychological ambiguity for explicit criminal conspiracy. Set against the Venice Carnival, the …

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