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A Balasaur Score of 87 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 100/100. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 781 1960s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 6m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic100/100
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
977 audience votes
Key crew
- Luchino ViscontiScreenplay
- Nino RotaOriginal Music Composer
- Luchino ViscontiDirector
- Suso Cecchi d'AmicoScreenplay
- Enrico MedioliScreenplay
- Pasquale Festa CampanileScreenplay
- Massimo FranciosaScreenplay
Cast
- Burt LancasterPrince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
- Claudia CardinaleAngelica Sedara / Bastiana
- Alain DelonTancredi Falconeri
- Paolo StoppaDon Calogero Sedara
- Rina MorelliPrincess Maria Stella Corbera of Salina
- Romolo ValliFather Pirrone
- Terence HillCount Cavriaghi
- Pierre ClémentiFrancesco Paolo
- Lucilla MorlacchiConcetta Corbera
- Giuliano GemmaGaribaldi's General
- Ida GalliCarolina
- Ottavia PiccoloCaterina
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Themes
plancivil warsicily, italypraisepastorarranged marriagemonarchycountry estatepower takeoverpolitical instabilityambitionpalermo, sicily
The Best Movies of 1963
The Leopard is #2 of 60
