Leo the Last (1970)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

John Boorman

Writers:

John Boorman (writer)
Bill Stair (writer)

Release Date:

4 September 1970 (West Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

Imagine being the last of anything.

Plot:

Prince Leo (Marcello Mastroianni), last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental...

Plot Keywords:

Bird | Neighbor | Fire | Ornithologist | Color

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni	...	Prince Leo
Billie Whitelaw	...	Margaret
Calvin Lockhart	...	Roscoe, the Pimp
Glenna Forster-Jones	...	Salambo Mardi
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Roscoe (as Lew Gossett)
Graham Crowden	...	Max, the Lawyer
Gwen Ffrangcon Davies	...	Hilda
Vladek Sheybal	...	Laszlo, Leo's Aide
Kenneth J. Warren	...	Kowalski (as Kenneth Warren)
David de Keyser	...	David
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alba
Bernard Boston	...	Bodyguard
Thomas Bucson	...	Mr. Mardi
Ishaq Bux	...	Supermarket Manager
Doris Clark	...	Singing Lady
Brinsley Forde	...	Bip
Ram John Holder	...	Black Preacher
Robert Kennedy	...	Mardi Child
Lucita Lijertwood	...	Wailing Lady
Phyllis MacMahon	...	Blonde Whore
Princess Patience	...	Black Whore
Malcolm Redman	...	Mardi Child
Marcia Redman
Robert Redman	...	Mardi Child
Billy Russell
Patsy Smart	...	Mrs. Kowalski
Tina Solomon	...	Mrs. Mardi
Roy Stewart	...	Bodyguard
Keefe West	...	Jasper

Runtime:

USA:104 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | UK:X

Filming Locations:

Bramley Arms Pub, Bramley Road, Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Company:

Caribury Films Ltd.

Trivia:

First cinema film of Liz Smith.

Mastrianni saves the black people!

In one of the more bizarre movies I have ever seen, Mastrianni stars as a rich, but somwhat shy rich person who spends his days spying with his telescope on his black neighbours across the street and the antics they get into. When I thought this was going to be nothing but a very strange variation of Rear Window, Mastrianni soon joins their cause in fighting for better living conditions... Soon he finds out that he actually owns the buildings in the first place..

Whoa, this is a John Boorman film? I should have expected actually, because his work wildly fluctuates. I have NO idea why Marcello Mastrianni is in this movie, as he either acting for the money, or curiously oblivious as how dated this was going to look after a number of years. A curious Movie indeed.