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The Leopard

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The Leopard
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PG,3hrs 7min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1963
Director:
Luchino Visconti
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale  ...more
Synopsis: 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 opens as Salina (Burt Lancaster) learns that Garibaldi's troops have embarked in Sicily. While the Prince sees the event ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam, AMG 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 attracted to Marxist ideals, but who was not willing to relinquish his own ... Full Review
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Burt Lancaster
Prince Fabrizio Salina
Alain Delon
Tancredi
Claudia Cardinale
Angelica Sedara, Angelica Sedara/Bertiana, Bertiana
Paolo Stoppa
Don Calogero Sedara
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