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Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
Angelica Sedara, Bertiana
Tancredi Falconeri
Don Calogero Sedara
Princess Maria Stella Salina
Father Pirrone
Critic Reviews for The Leopard
All Critics (47) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (1)
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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.
December 11, 2013 | Full Review… -
A magnificent film, munificently outfitted and splendidly acted by a large cast dominated by Burt Lancaster's standout stint in the title role.
February 23, 2012 | Full Review… -
The film is a long, rich sigh at the end of the day, one that only Don Fabrizio can hear.
November 24, 2011 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… -
The Leopard is more than a tad too pleased by its own spots, but in this case the source material and its director's intentions were almost accidentally an appropriate match.
December 30, 2010 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
Two-plus hours of engrossing machinations and opulent scenery point the way to the pièce de résistance: a 45-minute gala scene that the Almighty himself would approve as a luxuriant prelude to the Rapture.
December 22, 2010 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… -
The film is one of the most sumptuous ever made in Europe.
September 1, 2010 | Rating: 5/5
Audience Reviews for The Leopard
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2d agoA 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 both the dying nobility, their brash, young replacements, and the revolutionaries of any sympathy which is an impressive feat on Visconti's part.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Jan 09, 2020The costumes and locations are beyond exceptional. Add a fantastic cast headed by the ever-restrained Burt Lancaster and you've got a spectacular film.Christian C Super Reviewer
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Apr 18, 2013Lancaster's unlikely appearance in this Italian film is memorable across the film's epic length.John B Super Reviewer
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Nov 30, 2012Visconti remembers the good ole days (ala Gone With The Wind) of an stately affected upper class ruling the dirty lower classes with humble grace and dignity (only this story's set in Sicily, though at about at nearly the same time), and their fading demise ... whatever (I got no sympathy at all for sad rich folks mooning over the good ol'days, sorry). Sumptuously filmed and orchestrated, with loads of loving details and drenched in melancholy (like GWTW), its about the changing of the guard, and maybe that is sad. The cast is worthy if the subject isn't.Kevin M. W Super Reviewer
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