The Leopard
Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure
186 mins
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. Proud but pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
Carlo Valenzano
Paolo
Howard Nelson Rubien
Don Diego
Valerio Ruggeri
Colonel
Giovanni Melisenda
Don Onofrio Rotolo
Sandra Christolini
Youngest Daughter (uncredited)
Augusto Pescarini
(uncredited)
Paola Piscini
(uncredited)
Amalia Troiani
(uncredited)
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Giorgio Adriani
Production Manager
Bruno Sassaroli
Unit Manager
Riccardo Caneva
Unit Manager
Roberto Cocco
Unit Manager
Gilberto Scarpellini
Unit Manager
Gaetano Amata
Unit Manager
Rinaldo Ricci
First Assistant Director
Albino Cocco
First Assistant Director
Nino Cristiani
Camera Operator
Enrico Cignitti
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Mario Messina
Sound
G.B. Poletto
Still Photographer
Maria Angelini
Hairstylist
Amalia Paoletti
Hairstylist
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Enzo Provenzale
Production Manager
Francesco Massaro
Second Assistant Director
Brad Fuller
Second Assistant Director
Stephan Iscovescu
Script Supervisor
Ferdinando Giovannoni
Assistant Production Design
Emilio D'Andria
Assistant Set Decoration
Vera Marzot
Assistant Costume Designer
Bice Brichetto
Assistant Costume Designer
Umberto Sambuco
Production Secretary
Lamberto Pippia
Production Secretary
Giancarlo De Leonardis
Hairstylist
Robert J. Schiffer
Makeup Artist
Dino Galiano
Special Effects Technician
Francesco Brescini
Electrician
Piero Servo
Camera Loader
Alessandro Gasparinetti
Costume Consultant
Lee Minoff
Unit Publicist
Alberto Testa
Choreographer
Enrico Medioli
Screenplay
Laudomia Hercolani
Set Decoration
Giorgio Pes
Set Decoration
Alberto De Rossi
Makeup Artist