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The Leopard

Play trailer 2:40 Poster for The Leopard PG Released Jul 15, 1963 2h 45m History Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina (Burt Lancaster) allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi (Alain Delon), to marry Angelica (Claudia Cardinale), the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
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Lavish and wistful, The Leopard features epic battles, sumptuous costumes, and a ballroom waltz that competes for most beautiful sequence committed to film.

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Pauline Kael New Yorker Here is a work of a type we rarely see anymore -- a sweeping popular epic, with obvious similarities to Gone with the Wind. Sep 11, 2023 Full Review Scott Tobias AV Club The film aches with regret over a crumbling empire, but its feelings are complicated by the wise prince, who recognizes his place on the wrong side of history. Dec 11, 2013 Full Review Variety Staff Variety A magnificent film, munificently outfitted and splendidly acted by a large cast dominated by Burt Lancaster's standout stint in the title role. Feb 23, 2012 Full Review Matthew Wilder Nashville Scene "A picture in which all of experience seems shot through with the sweetness of the dearly departed, the already mourned." Oct 23, 2024 Full Review Justine Smith Vague Visages Claudia Cardinale's entrance into the film immediately notes a change in The Leopard's atmosphere of desire. Jun 5, 2024 Full Review Penelope Gilliatt Observer (UK) It gives you an extraordinary sense of the texture of a grand family's life in Sicily during the Risorgirnemo. Visconti accumulates details like a Russian novelist. Mar 6, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Todor V. D Absolutely cinematic pleasure. Luciano Visconti at his best. It's a timeless classic. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/14/24 Full Review Rory M Quite simply amazing. Gorgeous setting, filming, cast, and costumes. All the beauty is perfectly matched with brilliant dialogue. A joy to soak in the atmosphere of 1860s Sicily. Burt, Claudia and Alain are exquisitely cast and embody the piece with a radiance to match the beaming mid day sun. 'if we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change' Change comes to all of our lives. Watching the Prince navigate the tectonic changes of the Risorgimento is a wonderful meditation on the human journey through the shifting sands of time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/19/24 Full Review Lanfranco C Everything changes, but nothing changes! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/18/24 Full Review Steve D Lumbers for about 3 hours too long. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review Alec B A lesser movie would have Corbera become a tragic figure simply because an ever changing world no longer finds him or his generation relevant but instead he's granted a kind of clarity about the harsh realities of revolutions (i.e. if society changes too quickly, it will simply stay the same or get worse) that isn't afforded to the other characters. This has the effect of robbing the dying nobility, their brash, young replacements, and the revolutionaries of any sympathy which is an impressive feat on Visconti's part. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Mariana R obviamente la ví por el concepto de gatopardismo y la crítica a la política y el poder y no para ver italianos uniformados c: dura cómo mil millones de horas que no? Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis As Garibaldi's troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina (Burt Lancaster) allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi (Alain Delon), to marry Angelica (Claudia Cardinale), the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
Director
Luchino Visconti
Producer
Goffredo Lombardo
Screenwriter
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Titanus
Rating
PG
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 15, 1963, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Runtime
2h 45m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm
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