Helmut Berger, the Austrian actor who became an international star through films by directors Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica and Massimo Dallamano, died today in his home city of Salzburg.

On Monday evening at the Pershing Square Signature Center on West Forty-second Street, New York’s chicest Italians and Italophiles gathered for a singular performance of Caro Luchino ...