Mario Bianchi

Italian director of genre and erotic films; directed Ad un passo dall'aurora (Nightmare in Venice) and is noted in reviews for later devoting his energies to pornography.

Directed Ad un passo dall'aurora (Nightmare in Venice), a loose adaptation referencing Arthur Schnitzler's Traumnovelle. The film stars Gerardo Amato, Tinì Cansino and Pier Maria Cecchini and is set in nocturnal Venice. Contemporary criticism noted weak dialogue and a lack of the novel's inner mystery.

The available review critiques Mario Bianchi's Ad un passo dall'aurora (Nightmare in Venice) as an Italian erotic adaptation of Schnitzler's Traumnovelle that lacks the novel's inner tension and mystery. Performances and dialogue are judged poor and the film leans toward explicitness without the expected intrigue. The reviewer notes Bianchi later focused on pornography.

For:Fans and researchers of Italian erotic/exploitation cinema and film adaptations of literary works.