The Leopard
Il gattopardo, feature film, historical drama, Italy, France, 1963
DIRECTED BY: Luchino Visconti
CAST:
Burt Lancaster (princ Don Fabrizio Salina),
Claudia Cardinale (Angelica Sedara / Bertiana),
Alain Delon (Tancredi Falconeri),
Paolo Stoppa (Don Calogero Sedara),
Rina Morelli (princeza Maria Stella Salina),
Romolo Valli (otac Pirrone)
SCRIPT:
Luchino Visconti,
Suso Cecchi d'Amico,
Pasquale Festa Campanile,
Massimo Franciosa,
Enrico Medioli (based on novel by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Giuseppe Rotunno
MUSIC:
Nino Rota
EDITING:
Mario Serandrei
Synopsis:
The story takes place after the Italian Risorgimento. Wealthy Don
Fabrizio Salina experiences a breakdown of his power and influence, degradation
of his morale and all other symptoms of the vanishing of his class from
the historical scene. He is frustrated with his inability to stop it from
happening… The film won a Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival.
color, 186'