Movie Cosmos - The Leopard

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Burt Lancaster

As Prince Don Fabrizio Salina

Claudia Cardinale

As Angelica Sedara / Bastiana

Alain Delon

As Tancredi Falconeri

Paolo Stoppa

As Don Calogero Sedara

Rina Morelli

As Princess Maria Stella Salina

Romolo Valli

As Father Pirrone

Terence Hill

As Count Cavriaghi

Pierre Clémenti

As Francesco Paolo

Lucilla Morlacchi

As Concetta

Giuliano Gemma

As Garibaldi's General

Ida Galli

As Carolina

Ottavia Piccolo

As Caterina

Carlo Valenzano

As Paolo

Brook Fuller

As Little Prince

Anna Maria Bottini

As Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess

Lola Braccini

As Donna Margherita

Marino Masé

As Tutor

Howard Nelson Rubien

As Don Diego

Tina Lattanzi

As Cook

Marcella Rovena

As Peasant Woman

Rina De Liguoro

As Princess of Presicce

Valerio Ruggeri

As Colonel

Giovanni Melisenda

As Don Onofrio Rotolo

Giancarlo Lolli

Franco Gulà

As Mimi

Vittorio Duse

As Colonel

Vanni Materassi

As Sergeant

Giuseppe Stagnitti

Carmelo Artale

Olimpia Cavalli

As Mariannina

Anna Maria Surdo

Halina Zalewska

Winni Riva

As Waitress

Stelvio Rosi

As Sergeant

Carlo Palmucci

Dante Posani

Rosolino Bua

Ivo Garrani

As Colonel Pallavicino

Leslie French

As Cavalier Chevalley

Serge Reggiani

As Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo

Pippo Agusta

As Minor Role (uncredited)

Inna Alexeievna

As Woman at Ball (uncredited)

Marie Bell

As (uncredited)

Omero Capanna

As Citizen (uncredited)

Lou Castel

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Sandra Christolini

As Youngest Daughter (uncredited)

Maurizio Merli

As (uncredited)

Augusto Pescarini

As (uncredited)

Paola Piscini

As (uncredited)

Amalia Troiani

As (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Luchino Visconti

Screenplay, Director

Giuseppe Rotunno

Director of Photography

Goffredo Lombardo

Producer

Mario Serandrei

Editor

Nino Rota

Original Music Composer, Music Arranger

Giorgio Adriani

Production Manager

Piero Tosi

Costume Design

Mario Garbuglia

Production Design

Roberto Cocco

Unit Manager

Gilberto Scarpellini

Unit Manager

Bruno Sassaroli

Unit Manager

Riccardo Caneva

Unit Manager

Gaetano Amata

Unit Manager

Mario Messina

Sound

Amalia Paoletti

Hairstylist

Francesco Massaro

Second Assistant Director

Vera Marzot

Assistant Costume Designer

Nino Cristiani

Camera Operator

Enrico Cignitti

Camera Operator

G.B. Poletto

Still Photographer

Pietro Notarianni

Executive Producer

Ferdinando Giovannoni

Assistant Production Design

Lamberto Pippia

Production Secretary

Emilio D'Andria

Assistant Set Decoration

Giuseppe Maccari

Camera Operator

Brad Fuller

Second Assistant Director

Umberto Sambuco

Production Secretary

Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa

Novel

Maria Angelini

Hairstylist

Albino Cocco

First Assistant Director

Franco Ferrara

Conductor

Bice Brichetto

Assistant Costume Designer

Rinaldo Ricci

First Assistant Director

Stephan Iscovescu

Script Supervisor

Enzo Provenzale

Production Manager

Piero Servo

Camera Loader

Dino Galiano

Special Effects Technician

Giancarlo De Leonardis

Hairstylist

Robert J. Schiffer

Makeup Artist

Francesco Brescini

Electrician

Vladimiro Salvatori

Grip

Alberto Testa

Choreographer

Alessandro Gasparinetti

Costume Consultant

Lee Minoff

Unit Publicist

Giorgio Pes

Set Decoration

Alberto De Rossi

Makeup Artist

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Screenplay

Enrico Medioli

Screenplay

Laudomia Hercolani

Set Decoration

Pasquale Festa Campanile

Screenplay

Massimo Franciosa

Screenplay

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (8/10)

I was given the blu-ray of this as a gift recently and what a lovely, thoughtful present that proved to be. The photography is glorious - the light is brilliant. Visconti delivers a truly captivating period piece but with none of the shallowness of many other costume/historical dramas. It features a magnificent performance from the gently aristocratic, classy Burt Lancaster as a Sicilian Prince coming to terms with the absorption of his kingdom into the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. The trials of love, war, the lavish and the poverty are all expertly and delicately portrayed and I really did get a sense of the fragility of the times. Alain Delon and Rina Morelli are superb, as is Claudia Cardinale and Nino Rota provides some sumptuous orchestrations to help all along. Knowing much about the history of the time isn't essential, it all unfolds wonderfully...

2022-03-28