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The Leopard
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1963 film by Luchino Visconti
OverviewAI-generated
The Leopard is a 1963 French and Italian drama film directed by Luchino Visconti. The screenplay was written by Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, and Massimo Franciosa, based on the work The Leopard. The film stars Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, and Paolo Stoppa. Production was handled by Titanus, with Goffredo Lombardo serving as producer. Nino Rota composed the music, while Giuseppe Rotunno was the director of photography.
The movie was filmed in Palermo, Ciminna, and Ariccia. It features original dialogue in Italian, French, German, and Latin. Mario Serandrei edited the film, Mario Garbuglia was the production designer, and Piero Tosi designed the costumes. The film has a runtime of 183 or 186 minutes, depending on the source. It was distributed by Titanus and Netflix.
The Leopard received the Palme d'Or award. It was nominated for one Oscar and has ten wins and six nominations in total. The film holds a Metascore of 100 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 100%. On IMDb, it has a rating of 7.9 based on 34,618 votes. The film is rated PG.
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Film · TMDB
7.7As 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.
Cast
- Burt Lancaster as Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
- Claudia Cardinale as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
- Alain Delon as Tancredi Falconeri
- Paolo Stoppa as Don Calogero Sedara
- Rina Morelli as Princess Maria Stella Corbera of Salina
- Romolo Valli as Father Pirrone
Themes
- plan
- civil war
- sicily, italy
- praise
- pastor
- arranged marriage
- monarchy
- country estate
- power takeover
- political instability
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Ratings
IMDb
7.9/10
34,309 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
100/100
- Year
- 1963
- Runtime
- 186 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Italian
- Il Gattopardo
- Directed by
- Luchino Visconti
- Screenplay by
- Suso Cecchi d'Amico Pasquale Festa Campanile Enrico Medioli Massimo Franciosa Luchino Visconti
- Based on
- The Leopard , (1958 novel), by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
- Produced by
- Goffredo Lombardo
- Starring
- Burt Lancaster Claudia Cardinale Alain Delon Paolo Stoppa Rina Morelli Romolo Valli Serge Reggiani
- Cinematography
- Giuseppe Rotunno
- Edited by
- Mario Serandrei
- Music by
- Nino Rota
- Distributed by
- Titanus (Italy) Pathé (France) 20th Century Fox (international)
- Release dates
- 27 March 1963 ( 1963-03-27 ) (Italy) 20 May 1963 ( 1963-05-20 ) (France)
- Running time
- 195 minutes (Cannes cut) 185 minutes (Italian cut) 171 minutes (European cut) 161 minutes (U.S. cut)
- Countries
- Italy, France
- Language
- Italian
- Box office
- $1,800,000 (US/Canada rentals ) , 3,649,498 admissions (France)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo, lit. 'The Serval' [il ˌɡattoˈpardo]) is a 1963 epic historical drama film directed by Luchino Visconti. Written by Visconti, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Enrico Medioli, Pasquale Festa Campanile, and Massimo Franciosa, the film is an adaptation of the 1958 novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
Burt Lancaster stars as Don Fabrizio Corbera, an aging Sicilian prince caught up in the sociopolitical turmoil of the Risorgimento (Italian unification) during the mid-19th century, with Alain Delon as his opportunistic nephew Tancredi, and Claudia Cardinale as his goddaughter. Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, Serge Reggiani, and Terence Hill play supporting roles. The film was an international co-production between Italian studio Titanus and French studio Pathé.
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