The Leopard

Unrated

8/12/19633h 6m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure ~

Overview:

As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.

Director:

Luchino Visconti

Status:

Released

Language:

Italian

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

plan
civil war
sicily, italy
praise
pastor
arranged marriage
monarchy
country estate
power takeover
political instability
ambition
palermo, sicily
bourbon
naples, italy
opportunist
decadence

Cast

Burt Lancaster

~ as ~

Prince Don Fabrizio Salina

Claudia Cardinale

~ as ~

Angelica Sedara / Bastiana

Alain Delon

~ as ~

Tancredi Falconeri

Paolo Stoppa

~ as ~

Don Calogero Sedara

Rina Morelli

~ as ~

Princess Maria Stella Salina

Romolo Valli

~ as ~

Father Pirrone

Terence Hill

~ as ~

Count Cavriaghi

Pierre Clémenti

~ as ~

Francesco Paolo

Lucilla Morlacchi

~ as ~

Concetta

Giuliano Gemma

~ as ~

Garibaldi's General

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
8
I was given the blu-ray of this as a gift recently and what a lovely, thoughtful present that proved to be. The photography is glorious - the light is brilliant. Visconti delivers a truly captivating period piece but with none of the shallowness of many other costume/historical dramas. It features a magnificent performance from the gently aristocratic, classy Burt Lancaster as a Sicilian Prince coming to terms with the absorption of his kingdom into the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. The trials of love, war, the lavish and the poverty are all expertly and delicately portrayed and I really did get a sense of the fragility of the times. Alain Delon and Rina Morelli are superb, as is Claudia Cardinale and Nino Rota provides some sumptuous orchestrations to help all along. Knowing much about the history of the time isn't essential, it all unfolds wonderfully...