The Leopard
Summary:
Arguably Luchino Visconti's best film and certainly the most personal of his historical epics, The Leopard chronicles the fortunes of Prince Fabrizio Salina and his family during the unification of Italy in the 1860s. Based on the acclaimed novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, published posthumously in 1958 and subsequently translated into all European languages, the picture o... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Burt Lancaster - (Prince Fabrizio Salina)
Alain Delon - (Tancredi)
Claudia Cardinale - (Angelica Sedara)
Paolo Stoppa - (Don Calogero Sedara)
Rina Morelli - (Maria Stella)
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Review:
Il Gattopardo is perhaps much too cinematically opulent to fit comfortably into director Luchino Visconti's body of neo-realist work, but it is likely his most personal film, with a powerful central protagonist (Burt Lancaster) who resembles aspects of Visconti's own life. Visconti was among those wealthy Italians who became attracte... Continue >>
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