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Cast
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Paolo Stoppa | ... | |
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Rina Morelli | ... | |
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Romolo Valli | ... | |
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Count Cavriaghi
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Pierre Clémenti | ... | |
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Lucilla Morlacchi | ... | |
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Giuliano Gemma | ... | |
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Ida Galli | ... | |
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Ottavia Piccolo | ... | |
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Carlo Valenzano | ... | |
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Brook Fuller | ... | |
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Anna Maria Bottini | ... | |
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In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. The film traces with a slow and deliberate rhythm the waning of the noble home of Fabrizio Corbero, Prince of Salina (the Leopard) and the corresponding rise to eminence of the enormously wealthy ex-peasant Don Calogero Sedara. The prince himself refuses to take active steps to halt the decline of his personal fortunes or to help build a new Sicily but his nephew Tancredi, Prince of Falconeri swims with the tide and assures his own position by marrying Don Calogero's beautiful daughter Angelica. The climatic scene is the sumptuous forty-minute ball, where Tancredi introduces Angelica to society. Written by alfiehitchie
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Release Date:
15 July 1963 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
ITL 2,900,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£39,102 (UK) (2 May 2003)Gross:
£112,329 (UK) (9 May 2003)Company Credits
Production Co:
Titanus, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.) See more »
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Runtime:
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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Italian censorship visa # 39917 delivered on 26-3-1963. See more »Goofs
There is much kissing of hands during the movie. According to the book "Histoire de la politesse de 1789 à nos jours (History of good manners from 1789 till today)" by F. Rouvillois, the kissing of hands only appeared at the turn of the XXth century when the story in the movie was supposed to take place in 1860-1862, more than 40 years before. See more »Quotes
Prince Don Fabrizio Salina: We were the leopards, the lions, those who take our place will be jackals and sheep, and the whole lot of us - leopards, lions, jackals and sheep - will continue to think ourselves the salt of the earth.See more »
Burt Lancaster plays a true aristocrat in an aristocracy that is not an aristocracy. The degeneracy as well as the sophistication of the rival political factions in warring Sicily is shown, and the human insight of the central character that embodies true nobility, even though he is largely powerless to make his ideals reality. Garibaldi is invading Sicily with an army of a thousand, landing in Marsala and advancing through Palermo. Prince Salina (Lancaster) is a noble of a disappearing age. He refuses a place in the new senate and is unable to convince the new wave that the unification will not be good for Sicily. He is caught between different loyalties. A love story between his nephew (played by Alain Delon) and a rich merchant's daughter (played by Claudia Cardinale) interweaves the action and heightens the moral dilemmas that Prince Salina has to face. A brave film, opposing, exposing and opposed by government and church. The full length restored edition is a cinematic gem and the opulent costumes and scenery are a treasure to behold.