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Il Gattopardo / The Leopard (1963 film, Italy)
Directed by
Luchino Visconti
Crew
- Producers: Goffredo Lombardo and Pietro Notarianni
- Written by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti, and Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Based on Il Gattopardo/The Leopard (1958 novel) by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. The author's great grandfather Giulio Fabrizio Tomasi was the model of the character of Don Fabrizio, 'Il gattopardo'. Don Giulio's and Don Fabrizio's wives share the name Donna Maria Stella.
- Music by Nino Rota. Excerpts from La traviata, and Waltz in F Major by Giuseppe Verdi, conductor Franco Ferrara
- Cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno
- Edited by Mario Serandrei
- Scenography by Mario Garbuglia
- Costumes by Piero Tosi
Cast
- Don Fabrizio di Corbera, Prince of Salina, "Il gattopardo": Burt Lancaster
- Historic person behind the character Giulio Fabrizio Tomasi
- Angelica Sedara: Claudia Cardinale
- Don Tancredi di Falconeri, Don Fabrizio's nephew: Alain Delon
- Don Calogero Sedara, Mayor of Donnafugata, Angelica's father: Paolo Stoppa
- Donna Maria Stella, Princess of Salina, Don Fabrizio's wife: Rina Morelli
- Historic person behind the character Maria Stella Guccia
- Father Pirrone, local priest, Don Fabrizio's companion: Romolo Valli
- Count Cavriaghi, Tancredi's friend: Mario Girotti / Terence Hill
- Francesco Paolo of Salina, Don Fabrizio's eldest son: Pierre Clémenti
- Historic person behind the character Francesco Paolo Tomasi
- Carolina, Don Fabrizio's daughter
- Historic person behind the character Maria Carolina Tomasi
- Concetta, Don Fabrizio's daughter: Lucilla Morlacchi
- Historic person behind the character Concetta Tomasi
- Colonel Pallavicino, the hero of the Battle of Aspromonte: Ivo Garrani
- Historic person behind the character General Emilio Pallavicini,
- Cavalier Chevalley di Monterzuolo: Leslie French
- Don Francisco "Ciccio" Tumeo, church organist, Don Fabrizio's hunting companion: Serge Reggiani
- Bertiana / donna Bastiana, Don Calogero's wife: Claudia Cardinale
- Donna Margherita, the hostess of the ball: Lola Braccini
- Don Diego, the host of the ball: Howard Nelson Rubien
Links
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leopard_(1963_film)_#
- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Gattopardo_(film)_#
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057091/