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Overview

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Release Date:
15 July 1963 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Luchino Visconti's Enduring Romantic Adventure
Plot:
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860's Sicily. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Italian costume exhibition boasts Oscar-winning outfits
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Summer Preview: Repertory Calendar for the Coasts
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heartbreaking, gorgeous more (65 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Burt Lancaster ... Prince Don Fabrizio Salina

Claudia Cardinale ... Angelica Sedara / Bertiana
Alain Delon ... Tancredi Falconeri
Paolo Stoppa ... Don Calogero Sedara
Rina Morelli ... Princess Maria Stella Salina
Romolo Valli ... Father Pirrone
Terence Hill ... Count Cavriaghi (as Mario Girotti)
Pierre Clémenti ... Francesco Paolo
Lucilla Morlacchi ... Concetta
Giuliano Gemma ... Garibaldi's General
Ida Galli ... Carolina
Ottavia Piccolo ... Caterina
Carlo Valenzano ... Paolo
Brook Fuller ... Little Prince
Anna Maria Bottini ... Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess
Lola Braccini ... Donna Margherita
Marino Masé ... Tutor (as Marino Mase')
Howard Nelson Rubien ... Don Diego (as Howard N. Rubien)
Tina Lattanzi
Marcella Rovena
Rina De Liguoro ... Princess of Presicce
Valerio Ruggeri
Giovanni Melisenda ... Don Onofrio Rotolo
Giancarlo Lolli (as Carlo Lolli)
Vittorio Duse
Vanni Materassi
Giuseppe Stagnitti
Carmelo Artale
Olimpia Cavalli ... Mariannina
Anna Maria Surdo
Halina Zalewska (as Alina Zalewska)
Winni Riva
Stelvio Rosi
Carlo Palmucci
Dante Posani
Rosolino Bua
Ivo Garrani ... Colonel Pallavicino
Leslie French ... Cavalier Chevally
Serge Reggiani ... Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marie Bell ... (uncredited)
Lou Castel ... Party guest (uncredited)
Sandra Christolini ... Youngest Daughter (uncredited)
Franco Gulà ... (uncredited)
Maurizio Merli ... (uncredited)
Augusto Pescarini ... (uncredited)
Paola Piscini ... (uncredited)
Amalia Troiani ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Luchino Visconti 
 
Writing credits
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (novel)

Suso Cecchi d'Amico (screenplay and adaptation) &
Pasquale Festa Campanile (screenplay and adaptation) and
Enrico Medioli (screenplay and adaptation) &
Massimo Franciosa (screenplay and adaptation) and
Luchino Visconti (screenplay and adaptation)

Produced by
Goffredo Lombardo .... producer
Pietro Notarianni .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Nino Rota 
 
Cinematography by
Giuseppe Rotunno 
 
Film Editing by
Mario Serandrei 
 
Production Design by
Mario Garbuglia 
 
Set Decoration by
Laudomia Hercolani 
Giorgio Pes 
 
Costume Design by
Piero Tosi 
 
Makeup Department
Maria Angelini .... wig maker
Alberto De Rossi .... makeup artist
Amalia Paoletti .... wig maker
Giancarlo De Leonardis .... hair stylist (uncredited)
Robert J. Schiffer .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Giorgio Adriani .... production manager
Gaetano Amata .... unit manager
Riccardo Caneva .... unit manager
Roberto Cocco .... unit manager
Lamberto Pippia .... assistant unit manager
Enzo Provenzale .... production manager
Umberto Sambuco .... assistant unit manager
Bruno Sassaroli .... unit manager
Gilberto Scarpellini .... unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Albino Cocco .... first assistant director
Brad Fuller .... second assistant director
Francesco Massaro .... second assistant director
Rinaldo Ricci .... first assistant director
 
Art Department
Emilio D'Andria .... assistant set decorator
Ferdinando Giovannoni .... assistant art director
 
Sound Department
Mario Messina .... sound engineer
 
Special Effects by
Dino Galiano .... special effects technician (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Enrico Cignitti .... camera operator
Nino Cristiani .... camera operator
Giuseppe Maccari .... camera operator
G.B. Poletto .... still photographer
Bob Penn .... still photographer: special magazine assignment (uncredited)
Piero Servo .... camera loader (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bice Brichetto .... assistant costume designer
Alessandro Gasparinetti .... wardrobe consultant
Vera Marzot .... assistant costume designer
 
Music Department
Franco Ferrara .... conductor
Franco Ferrara .... musical director
Nino Rota .... music arranger (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Stephan Iscovescu .... script supervisor
Isa Bellini .... voice dubbing: Anna Maria Bottini (uncredited)
Lando Buzzanca .... voice dubbing: Serge Reggiani (uncredited)
Pino Colizzi .... voice dubbing: Pierre Clémenti (uncredited)
Solveyg D'Assunta .... voice dubbing: Claudia Cardinale (uncredited)
Franco Fabrizi .... voice dubbing: Terence Hill (uncredited)
Corrado Gaipa .... voice dubbing: Burt Lancaster (uncredited)
Carlo Sabatini .... voice dubbing: Alain Delon (uncredited)
Alberto Testa .... choreographer (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Leopard (UK) (USA)
Le guépard (France)
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Runtime:
187 min | Spain:151 min (cut version) | UK:161 min (cut version) | USA:165 min (cut version) | France:195 min (Cannes Film Festival) | 205 min (premiere version) | West Germany:161 min (cut version)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Germany:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M (TV rating) | West Germany:12 (f) | Norway:12 (re-rating) (1985) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (video rating) | UK:U (original rating) | USA:PG (certificate #20553) | Hong Kong:IIB
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Warren Beatty flew to Rome to meet Visconti with the possibility of playing Tancredi but turned it down. He later told his publicist that Visconti had been 'begging him' to star in the movie. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: During one of the long shots of the journey to Donnafugata, a blur crosses the screen near the center, apparently caused by a fly crawling over the lens. more
Quotes:
Prince Don Fabrizio Salina: Yes, love, of course! Fire and flames for a year, ashes for thirty. I too know what love is. more
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Soundtrack:
Controdanza more

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17 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
heartbreaking, gorgeous, 2 September 2004
Author: kcvtb (kcvtb@yahoo.com) from El Paso TX

To summarize, this film was released, dubbed and butchered, in the US in 1963/64, never released on video but occasionally seen in bootleg version. The British Film Institute did a restored print of the original Italian version in 2003. I saw it in a theater in London last summer and found it fabulous, not least for seeing it in the wide screen setting. It's now out on DVD on three disks: the restored print with Italian dialogue (Burt Lancaster dubbed into Italian -- it sounds wacky, but it works big time); a disk with the butchered English release version of forty years ago (valuable to see what they did, and also to hear Lancaster's own English); and a disk with supplementary materials including very interesting interviews with a wide variety of participants in the movie. Of the multi-hour blockbusters of the period, I'd put it behind Lawrence of Arabia, but very close to Doctor Zhivago and well ahead of Ryan's Daughter.

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