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Goltzius and The Pelican Company

Original title: Goltzius and the Pelican Company
  • 20122012
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 8m
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Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
BiographyComedyHistory
Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
1.3K
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  • Director
    • Peter Greenaway
  • Writer
    • Peter Greenaway
  • Stars
    • Ramsey Nasr
    • F. Murray Abraham
    • Hendrik Aerts
  • Director
    • Peter Greenaway
  • Writer
    • Peter Greenaway
  • Stars
    • Ramsey Nasr
    • F. Murray Abraham
    • Hendrik Aerts
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    • 7User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Ramsey Nasr
    Ramsey Nasr
    • Hendrick Goltzius
    F. Murray Abraham
    F. Murray Abraham
    • The Margrave…
    Hendrik Aerts
    • Strachey
    Boris Bakal
    • Messenger
    Giulio Berruti
    Giulio Berruti
    • Boethius…
    Francesco De Vito
    Francesco De Vito
    • Rabbi Moab
    Pippo Delbono
    Pippo Delbono
    • Samuel van Gouda
    Lars Eidinger
    Lars Eidinger
    • Amos Quadfrey
    Anne Louise Hassing
    • Susannah…
    Lisette Malidor
    • Ebola…
    Kate Moran
    Kate Moran
    • Adaela
    Nada Abrus
    • Marie
    Flavio Parenti
    Flavio Parenti
    • Eduard…
    Hermann Ackermann
      Sanna Anemaet
        Ruth Becker
          Goran Bogdan
          Goran Bogdan
          • Gottlieb
          Truus de Boer
          Truus de Boer
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          • Director
            • Peter Greenaway
          • Writer
            • Peter Greenaway
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          • Trivia
            As explained in a section of the film DVD (in reference to the "The Absence of Pubic Hair in Art"), Peter Greenaway wanted the actresses in this movie have their pubes shaved for the nude scenes. Anne Louise Hassing said that showing her completely naked body including her shaved vulva wasn't that bad. "Of course, I had some concerns about the nude scenes, but my agent got some clauses posted and they were fully respected. And when I first started filming, I felt like nudity actually became my costume because Peter Greenaway's pictures are so beautiful," she said.
          • Quotes

            Hendrick Goltzius: Every new technology is expensive, and sooner or later every new technology gets into bed with lechery.

          • Connections
            Follows Nightwatching (2007)

          User reviews7

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          6/10
          One of Greenaway's easiest-to-follow films
          Right then: Confusing shots involving projecting writing onto the actors and sets, making the action hard to discern? Check. Copious nudity, including from bodies you'd rather remained covered up? Check. A suspicion that the creator aims primarily to shock? Double - no, triple - check. That's right, 'Goltzius and the Pelican Company' is another film from Peter Greenaway.

          This is actually more accessible than many Greenaway films in that the plot line is fairly easy to follow, presented as it is in a good, linear fashion: it's the Sixteenth Century, and Dutch engraver Goltzius tries to encourage Alsace's Margrave (a sort of hereditary military commander in the Holy Roman Empire) to invest in his printing press by staging a series of plays. Convinced that any new technology is inevitably used for lechery (good point - I've often wondered how long after the invention of the Internet the first pornographic website appeared), Goltzius uses his theatrical company to enact stories from the Old Testament (Adam and Eve, Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, etc). But it isn't long before the actors' own ambitions and desires overshadow the biblical stories...

          There's lots of gimmicks here that don't make sense: for instance, the Margrave's former wet-nurse (who, as the Margrave is played by F Murray Abraham - dob: 1939 - must herself be pushing ninety at the very least) apparently being heavily pregnant in some scenes, but not in others. But you're wasting your time getting worked up about such things where Greenaway is concerned - you have to take him as you find him. As is to be expected from one of his productions, the costumes are sumptuous, the staging curious and the acting at times over-blown. There are some telling (to this non-religious reviewer) pokes at organised religion, as various men of the cloth debate the meanings and content of Goltzius' plays. There's also a sly streak of humour running through it which is welcome, as is at least some of the nudity - but not all of it: next time, F Murray, please keep your backside in your trousers, there's a good chap...
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          • Aug 3, 2014

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          • Release date
            • February 5, 2014 (France)
          • Countries of origin
            • United Kingdom
            • Netherlands
            • France
            • Croatia
            • United Arab Emirates
          • Languages
            • English
            • Dutch
            • French
          • Also known as
            • Goltzius and the Pelican Company
          • Filming locations
            • Croatia
          • Production companies
            • Cinatura
            • Head Gear Films
            • Metrol Technology
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          • Budget
            • €2,050,000 (estimated)
          • Gross worldwide
            • $73,393
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          • Runtime
            2 hours 8 minutes
          • Color
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          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.78 : 1

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