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.
Burt Lancaster
as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
Claudia Cardinale
as Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
Alain Delon
as Tancredi Falconeri
Paolo Stoppa
as Don Calogero Sedara
Rina Morelli
as Princess Maria Stella Salina
Romolo Valli
as Father Pirrone
Terence Hill
as Count Cavriaghi
Pierre Clémenti
as Francesco Paolo
Lucilla Morlacchi
as Concetta
Giuliano Gemma
as Garibaldi's General
CinemaSerf
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...