Rent The Leopard (1963)
3.7 of 5 from 236 ratings
2h 58min
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- Synopsis:
- Against a dramatic nineteenth-century backdrop of radical Italian Nationalism Luchino Visconti's masterful epic, 'The Leopard', follows the Sicilian Prince of Salina (Burt Lancaster) and his family as they adjust to the social turbulence of revolutionary times. Adapted from Tomasi di Lampedusa's esteemed novel of the same name, this is a tragicomic depiction of a class eclipsed by history. ..
- Actors:
- Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, Terence Hill, Pierre Clémenti, Lucilla Morlacchi, Giuliano Gemma, Ida Galli, Ottavia Piccolo, Carlo Valenzano, Brook Fuller, Anna Maria Bottini, Lola Braccini, Marino Masé, Howard Nelson Rubien, Tina Lattanzi, Marcella Rovena
- Directors:
- Luchino Visconti
- Producers:
- Goffredo Lombardo
- Writers:
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti
- Others:
- Piero Tosi
- Aka:
- Il Gattopardo
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- A Few More Screen Princes, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Burt Lancaster, People of the Pictures, Remembering Alain Delon, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Luchino Visconti, The Instant Expert's Guide to Martin Scorsese, Top 10 Cannes Palme d'Or Winners, Top Films
- Countries:
- Italy
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/11/2009
- Run Time:
- 185 minutes
- Languages:
- Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.20:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Full feature commentary by David Forgacs and Rossana Capitano
- Interview with Claudia Cardinale
- Italian trailer
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Reviews (6) of The Leopard
Classic - The Leopard review by CP Customer
Waited a long time to see this film but it was well worth the wait.
3 out of 6 members found this review helpful.
Great epic - The Leopard review by CW
Now I understand why Burt Lancaster considered this is finest role. I appreciated that his words were dubbed in Italian. Slow careful study of a grand nobleman, the patriarch of his family. Long luxurious scenes of a huge party with royalty, townspeople and military resplendent in their uniforms. Women in sweeping dresses. Waltzes. Drowsy beautiful hot landscapes. A marvellous study of a time period and Sicilian upper class.
3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Really good Italian epic - The Leopard review by CP Customer
Saw this great Italian epic for the first time last night and it is truly one of the best, it follows Prince Salina (Burt Lancaster) and his family amid the chaos of the Revolution, you will truly be blown away by superb cinematography and one of the best looking films for it's time. There is also a superb score by Nino Rota who of course scored the famous Godfather films. I can't say I understood all the history, politics etc. but it's a bit like 1900 by Bernardo Bertolucci (except maybe more coherant than that and certainly a lot less violent!) goes through a tough time in Italian history and contains many good themes. Burt Lancaster for me (even though he was dubbed in Italian) portrayed a superb character with a very good performance, he wants his nephew to succeed him that much is clear and he'll stop at nothing to make sure he makes the right choices for the future of the family.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.