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The Leopard: Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa. 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.
- (29K)
- Drama, History
- Luchino Visconti
- 1963-03-29
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 Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo, lit. 'The Serval') is a 1963 epic historical drama film directed by Luchino Visconti.
Sep 14, 2003 · Tancredi is a hothead who leaves to join Garibaldi, but a realist who returns as a member of the army of the victorious Victor Emmanuel. Because of land reforms that he can clearly see on the horizon, the prince believes it is time for the family to make an advantageous marriage.
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.
- (3.9K)
- $22.72
- Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
- Pantheon
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.
Awarded the Palme d’Or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival, The Leopard translates Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel, and the history it recounts, into a truly cinematic masterpiece.
