The Leopard

Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure

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.

Drama

Burt Lancaster

(Prince Don Fabrizio Salina)

Claudia Cardinale

(Angelica Sedara / Bastiana)

Alain Delon

(Tancredi Falconeri)

Paolo Stoppa

(Don Calogero Sedara)

Rina Morelli

(Princess Maria Stella Salina)

Romolo Valli

(Father Pirrone)

Terence Hill

(Count Cavriaghi)

Pierre Clémenti

(Francesco Paolo)

Lucilla Morlacchi

Giuliano Gemma

(Garibaldi's General)

Ida Galli

Ottavia Piccolo

Carlo Valenzano

Brook Fuller

(Little Prince)

Anna Maria Bottini

(Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess)

Lola Braccini

(Donna Margherita)

Marino Masé

Howard Nelson Rubien

Tina Lattanzi

Marcella Rovena

(Peasant Woman)

Rina De Liguoro

(Princess of Presicce)

Valerio Ruggeri

Giovanni Melisenda

(Don Onofrio Rotolo)

Giancarlo Lolli

Franco Gulà

Vittorio Duse

Vanni Materassi

Giuseppe Stagnitti

Carmelo Artale

Olimpia Cavalli

Anna Maria Surdo

Halina Zalewska

Winni Riva

Stelvio Rosi

Carlo Palmucci

Dante Posani

Rosolino Bua

Ivo Garrani

(Colonel Pallavicino)

Leslie French

(Cavalier Chevalley)

Serge Reggiani

(Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo)

Pippo Agusta

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Inna Alexeievna

(Woman at Ball (uncredited))

Marie Bell

Omero Capanna

(Citizen (uncredited))

Lou Castel

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Sandra Christolini

(Youngest Daughter (uncredited))

Maurizio Merli

Augusto Pescarini

Paola Piscini

Amalia Troiani