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The Leopard

Original title: Il gattopardo
  • 1963
  • PG
  • 3h 6m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
32K
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Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, and Alain Delon in The Leopard (1963)
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The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.

  • Director
    • Luchino Visconti
  • Writers
    • Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
    • Suso Cecchi D'Amico
    • Pasquale Festa Campanile
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Alain Delon
    • Claudia Cardinale
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    32K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,135
    177
    • Director
      • Luchino Visconti
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
      • Suso Cecchi D'Amico
      • Pasquale Festa Campanile
    • Stars
      • Burt Lancaster
      • Alain Delon
      • Claudia Cardinale
    • 137User reviews
    • 128Critic reviews
    • 100Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 10 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
    Alain Delon
    Alain Delon
    • Tancredi Falconeri
    Claudia Cardinale
    Claudia Cardinale
    • Angelica Sedara…
    Paolo Stoppa
    Paolo Stoppa
    • Don Calogero Sedara
    Rina Morelli
    Rina Morelli
    • Princess Maria Stella Salina
    Romolo Valli
    Romolo Valli
    • Father Pirrone
    Terence Hill
    Terence Hill
    • Count Cavriaghi
    • (as Mario Girotti)
    Pierre Clémenti
    Pierre Clémenti
    • Francesco Paolo
    Lucilla Morlacchi
    • Concetta
    Giuliano Gemma
    Giuliano Gemma
    • Garibaldi's General
    Ida Galli
    Ida Galli
    • Carolina
    Ottavia Piccolo
    Ottavia Piccolo
    • Caterina
    Carlo Valenzano
    • Paolo
    Brook Fuller
    • Little Prince
    Anna Maria Bottini
    Anna Maria Bottini
    • Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess
    Lola Braccini
    Lola Braccini
    • Donna Margherita
    Marino Masé
    Marino Masé
    • Tutor
    • (as Marino Mase')
    Howard Nelson Rubien
    • Don Diego
    • (as Howard N. Rubien)
    • Director
      • Luchino Visconti
    • Writers
      • Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
      • Suso Cecchi D'Amico
      • Pasquale Festa Campanile
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    Alain Delon's Top 10 Films, Ranked

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    • Trivia
      Director Luchino Visconti was disappointed that the producers of the film insisted on casting Burt Lancaster in the lead role, because he felt he was not right for the part. This caused tension between the two during the first few weeks of filming. Visconti's harsh treatment toward Lancaster eventually led to the actor publicly confronting him on the set. Visconti was so impressed with the passion and sincerity that Lancaster displayed during his tirade that the two developed a close and amicable relationship for the rest of the filming process.
    • Goofs
      At the begging of the film, Prince of Salina uses de word "mafiosi" to describe Garibaldi's supporters. This word settled few years later, as a result of the popularity of the play "I mafiusi di la Vicaria" from 1863. The mafia organization as we know it, was just starting its activities as such during the post unification period.
    • Quotes

      Tancredi Falconeri: If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.

    • Alternate versions
      The original Italian theatrical cut of "The Leopard" ("Il Gattopardo") reportedly ran 205 minutes. General consensus that the running time was excessive led Visconti to edit the film shortly after its premiere. The version that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes reportedly ran 195 minutes (based on an Italian newspaper account of the day). Visconti's preferred cut ran 187 minutes. It is this version that is now available on DVD from the Criterion Collection. An English-dubbed version, re-cut by 20th Century Fox for U.S. and U.K. release, runs approximately 161 minutes, and is also included in the Criterion set.
    • Connections
      Edited into Lo schermo a tre punte (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Titoli di Testa / Viaggio A Donnafugata
      Composed by Nino Rota

    User reviews137

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    A extraordinary masterpiece: see the UNCUT version.

    If you ever have the chance to see this magnificent film in an uncut, fully restored version, with good subtitles...DO IT. This is a film of astonishing beauty, bristling with ideas and magnificent performances.Like all truly great films it is full of sublime SCENES: Prince Tancredi riding off to war in his carriage., the astonishing ball sequence, when Prince Salina gazes at the painting and comes to grips with his own mortality,and the unforgettable end, when Salina kneels on the ground and speaks to the stars.Coppola, Cimino, and Scorsese all saw this film and learned from it..the Godfather echoes it repeatedly( in fact all THREE Godfathers echo it repeatedly). Scorsese once ranked it with The Red Shoes, Citizen Kane, Otto e Mezzo and The Searchers as one of the films he "lives by." Seeing it, one understands.
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    • Release date
      • March 29, 1963 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • Latin
      • French
    • Also known as
      • El gatopardo
    • Filming locations
      • Palazzo Valguarnera Gangi, Piazza Croce dei Vespri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy(grand ball)
    • Production companies
      • Titanus
      • Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
      • Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.)
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    • Budget
      • ITL 2,900,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $211,804
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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