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The Leopard 1963 Directed by Luchino Visconti Il gattopardo

Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure

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.

Country Italy
Production Countries France , Italy
Language Italian
Spoken Languages French , Italian , Latin
Release Date 27 March 1963
186 mins
Cast
Burt Lancaster Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
Claudia Cardinale Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
Alain Delon Tancredi Falconeri
Paolo Stoppa Don Calogero Sedara
Rina Morelli Princess Maria Stella Salina
Romolo Valli Father Pirrone
Terence Hill Count Cavriaghi
Pierre Clémenti Francesco Paolo
Giuliano Gemma Garibaldi's General
Ida Galli Carolina
Brook Fuller Little Prince
Anna Maria Bottini Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess
Lola Braccini Donna Margherita
Marcella Rovena Peasant Woman
Rina De Liguoro Princess of Presicce
Giovanni Melisenda Don Onofrio Rotolo
Olimpia Cavalli Mariannina
Winni Riva Waitress
Stelvio Rosi Sergeant
Ivo Garrani Colonel Pallavicino
Leslie French Cavalier Chevalley
Serge Reggiani Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo
Pippo Agusta Minor Role (uncredited)
Inna Alexeievna Woman at Ball (uncredited)
Marie Bell (uncredited)
Omero Capanna Citizen (uncredited)
Lou Castel Party Guest (uncredited)
Sandra Christolini Youngest Daughter (uncredited)
Maurizio Merli (uncredited)
Augusto Pescarini (uncredited)
Paola Piscini (uncredited)
Amalia Troiani (uncredited)