Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
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Plot. In Sicily in the year 1860, Don Fabrizio Corbera, Prince of Salina, enjoys the customary comforts and privileges of his ancestry. War has broken out between the armies of Francis II of the Two Sicilies and the insurgent volunteer redshirts of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
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.
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.
Sep 14, 2003 · When we talked, the original film--uncut, undubbed--had scarcely been seen since the time of its European release in 1963. But in 1980, four years after Visconti's death, the cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno supervised a restoration; at 185 minutes his version is still shorter than the original 205 minutes, but it is the best we are ...
Italian director Luchino Visconti's Italian historical drama epic The Leopard (1963) is a magnificent picture with ambitious scope, playful humor, tender romance, touching drama, fierce combat...
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Aug 13, 2004 · Play Trailer. Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure. Overview. 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.
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. In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape.
