The Leopard — Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure

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The Leopard

Name: The Leopard
Genre: Drama
Released: 1963-03-27
Duration: 3 h 6 min
Rating: 3.75
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli

1963 7.5 16.4K views saved

As 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. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.

Countries: IT

Languages: French, Italian, Latin

Runtime: 3hrs 6min

Status: Released

Release date: 1963-03-27

Release format: Streaming — Mar 31, 1993

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@beatrice 4 years ago

Beautiful costumes, beautiful scenaries... an authentic pleasure to watch. I greatly enjoyed as well how Italian historical events merged naturally into the family life's narration, making of them more than mere context. Also, great performance by Burt Lancaster imho

@spiritualized-kaos 2 years ago

The change of power from the nobility to the bourgeoisie in Italy.

@maarten-delfgou 3 years ago

The original title of the film is Il Gattopardo.

@soonertbone 5 months ago

This felt like quite a heavy lift. The costumes and sets were really beautiful and dense--such a lush vision. But the particulars of Italian politics of the era were beyond me and I feel like Visconti forgot to tell a story that would justify such an immense run time. Stultifyingly slow-paced.

@jay-shuai 2 years ago

Boring to say the least.

Hasn’t stood the test of time.

@the-argentinian 3 years ago

I didn't care about the story but I enjoyed it on a visual level (the Bluray looks amazing and I can't imagine how spectacular it must be on the big screen).

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