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''The best film ever made'', said one of our members firmly
5 years ago. We've waited for this new, pristine example
of the BFI's restoration programme to see if she was right.
Certainly a classic: Prince Salina (Lancaster as the Leopard,
so-called for his power and eminence) must come to terms
with rapid change in 1860s Italy as Garibaldi's revolutionary
army invades his Sicilian fiefdom. To protect his patrician
status, he wants his bolshie nephew, Tancredi (Delon), to
marry Angela (Cardinale), beautiful daughter of a rich merchant:
the scene is set for a superb, sumptuous epic as marxist
aristocrat Visconti illuminates Lampedusa's wonderful novel.
Critics
''That
rare thing - a great film based on a great book.'' Philip
French - The Observer
''One
of the films I live by." Martin Scorsese
Awards
Grand
Prix, Cannes Film Festival 1963
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Audience
Rating
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Directed
by
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Luchino
Visconti |
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Cast |
Burt
Lancaster
Alain Delon
Claudia Cardinale
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Cert |
12A |
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Length |
3
hrs 8 mins. |
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Country |
Italy/France
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Language |
English |
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