Leopard, The (1963) France
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Director:Visconti, Luchino
Studio:Titanus
Writer:Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
Rating:8.0 (9,151 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
Awards:Nominated for Oscar, Another 8 wins & 5 nominations
Genre:Italian films
IMDb:0057091
Duration:2:27:00
Aspect Ratio:2.20 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:Italian, Latin, French
Subtitles:No subtitles
LAC code:300001367
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Visconti, Luchino  ...  (Director)
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Suso Cecchi D'Amico  ...  (Writer)
 
Burt Lancaster  ...  Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
Claudia Cardinale  ...  Angelica Sedara
Alain Delon  ...  Tancredi Falconeri
Paolo Stoppa  ...  Don Calogero Sedara
Rina Morelli  ...  Princess Maria Stella Salina
Romolo Valli  ...  Father Pirrone
Terence Hill  ...  Count Cavriaghi
Pierre Clémenti  ...  Francesco Paolo
Lucilla Morlacchi  ...  Concetta
Giuliano Gemma  ...  Garibaldi's General
Ida Galli  ...  Carolina
Ottavia Piccolo  ...  Caterina
Carlo Valenzano  ...  Paolo
Brook Fuller  ...  Little Prince
Anna Maria Bottini  ...  Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess
Summary: In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. The film traces with a slow and deliberate rhythm the waning of the noble home of Fabrizio Corbero, Prince of Salina (the Leopard) and the corresponding rise to eminence of the enormously wealthy ex-peasant Don Calogero Sedara. The prince himself refuses to take active steps to halt the decline of his personal fortunes or to help build a new Sicily but his nephew Tancredi, Prince of Falconeri swims with the tide and assures his own position by marrying Don Calogero's beautiful daughter Angelica. The climatic scene is the sumptuous forty-minute ball, where Tancredi introduces Angelica to society.