Senso – Alida Valli
Alida Valli 
(May 31, 1921 – April 22, 2006)
Above still from”The Third Man”
This page 
contains images from the famous dramatic final shot of The Third Man.
From Senso
Italian director Luchino Visconti dishes up his usual blend of elegance and decadence in Senso. The international cast includes French film star Alida Valli as a Italian countess married to a Venetian nobleman, and English leading man Farley Granger as an Austrian military officer. The two are swept up in the Austrian empire’s evacuation of Italy in 1866. Valli and Granger fall in love, but Valli ultimately realizes that the officer is interested only in her wealth and prestige, whereupon she gives him over to a firing squad. Visconti had wanted Ingrid Bergman and Marlon Brando for his leads, but when Bergman’s husband Roberto Rossellini would not permit her to appear in the film, Brando also bowed out.(via)
(The NYtimes made a mistake in calling Alida Valli a French film star.)
Many beautiful stills of Alida Valli who passed away yesterday on April 22, rest in peace.
Cyclone Google Trembling 
This is an imaginary google tribute I created for an artist who will turn 78 years old on April 25. He is also the mystery sculptor from the quiz I posted previously.
The answer for the quiz is postponed till April 25.