by Dirk Bogarde · Triad Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780586049464
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«Snakes and Ladders» is the second volume of Dirk Bogarde's memoirs, published by Triad Books in paperback (400 pages, in English).
Bogarde recounts his time in military training and the ups and downs of his film career, up to the professional challenge of playing von Aschenbach in Death in Venice. The narrative is interwoven with the people he met along the way: family, friends, actors, directors and producers.
Continuation of A Postillion Struck by Lightning, the first volume of Dirk Bogarde's memoirs. The work was originally published in 1979.
For readers interested in actors' memoirs and the cinematic trajectory of the twentieth century.
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art house films, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess".
