The Birth of the Leopard

Overview

The only novel written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard (Il Gattopardo, 1958), just like its screen adaptation by Luchino Visconti, is considered a masterpiece. This film tells about the life of Tomasi and his German-Baltic wife Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee – their unusual love story. The chaos of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and World War II forced Alexandra to leave St. Petersburg and later on – the family's castle in Stāmeriena, Latvia. During the war, in 1943, she fled to her husband in Palermo, where she would live until the day she died.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 22, 2019

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, English, French, Italian, Russian

Countries

Germany, Italy, Latvia

Production

Kick Film,Mistrus Media

Director

Luigi Falorni

Producer

Jörg Bundschuh,Gints Grūbe,Elīna Gediņa-Ducena

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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