
The Leopard
The Leopard (Italian: Il Gattopardo) is a 1963 epic historical drama film directed and co-written by Luchino Visconti, based on Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa‘s 1958 novel of the same title.[5] Burt Lancaster stars as Don Fabrizio Corbera, an aging Sicilian nobleman caught up in the sociopolitical turmoil of the Risorgimento (Italian unification) during the mid-19th century, when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a unified, democratic Italy. With Alain Delon as his opportunistic nephew Tancredi, and Claudia Cardinale as his goddaughter.
The Leopard won the Palme d’Or at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival,[7] . The film is now widely regarded as a classic and one of the greatest movies ever made.
This release boasts a stunning new high definition digital transfer from the original 70mm negative materials, with restored image and sound, supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno and is presented in its original wide screen aspect ratio.