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The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo [il ˌɡattoˈpardo]) is a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa that chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Risorgimento.
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Archibald Colquhoun
- 1958
The Sicilian prince Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (1896-1957) died just after writing The Leopard, his only novel. Visconti's film adaptation, starring Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1963.
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Based on a novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, the film follows the decline of a Sicilian aristocratic family in the 1860s. Starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, and Claudia Cardinale, the film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and was nominated for an Oscar.
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- Drama, History
- Luchino Visconti
- 1963-03-29
The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo, lit. 'The Serval') is a 1963 epic historical drama film directed by Luchino Visconti.
Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution.
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- Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
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The Leopard, novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, published in 1958 as Il gattopardo. The novel is a psychological study of Don Fabrizio, prince of Salina (called the Leopard, after his family crest), who witnesses with detachment the transfer of power in Sicily from the old Bourbon aristocracy.
