Top billed cast

1. 

   Burt Lancaster

   Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina

2. 

   Claudia Cardinale

   Angelica Sedara / Bastiana

3. 

   Alain Delon

   Tancredi Falconeri

4. 

   Paolo Stoppa

   Don Calogero Sedara

5. 

   Rina Morelli

   Princess Maria Stella Corbera of Salina

6. 

   Romolo Valli

   Father Pirrone

7. 

   Terence Hill

   Count Cavriaghi

8. 

   Pierre Clémenti

   Francesco Paolo

9. 

   Lucilla Morlacchi

   Concetta Corbera

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28

I was given the blu-ray of this as a gift recently and what a lovely, thoughtful present that proved to be. The photography is glorious - the light is brilliant. Visconti delivers a truly captivating period piece but with none of the shallowness of many other costume/historical dramas. It features a magnificent performance from the gently aristocratic, classy Burt Lancaster as a Sicilian Prince coming to terms with the absorption of his kingdom into the newly unified Kingdom of Italy. The trials of love, war, the lavish and the poverty are all expertly and delicately portrayed and I really did...read the rest

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2. Paisà75%
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6. Salvatore Giuliano74%
7. Noi credevamo66%
8. The Dead Don't Hurt65%
9. Gioia mia67%
10. La Riffa68%
11. Roma città aperta80%
12. All the King's Men70%
13. Perfetti sconosciuti78%
14. Sulla mia pelle80%
15. La dea fortuna70%
16. Le otto montagne76%
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• plan
• civil war
• sicily, italy
• praise
• pastor
• arranged marriage
• monarchy
• country estate
• power takeover
• political instability
• ambition
• palermo, sicily
• bourbon
• naples, italy
• opportunist
• decadence
• 19th century
• 1860s