Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 186 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- France, Italy
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Italian — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- plan
- civil war
- sicily
- italy
- praise
- pastor
- arranged marriage
- monarchy
- country estate
- power takeover
- political instability
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Burt Lancaster
Prince Fabrizio Corbera of Salina
Claudia Cardinale
Angelica Sedara / Bastiana
Alain Delon
Tancredi Falconeri
Paolo Stoppa
Don Calogero Sedara
- Rina Morelli — Princess Maria Stella Corbera of Salina
- Romolo Valli — Father Pirrone
- Terence Hill — Count Cavriaghi
- Pierre Clémenti — Francesco Paolo
- Lucilla Morlacchi — Concetta Corbera
- Giuliano Gemma — Garibaldi's General
- Ida Galli — Carolina
- Ottavia Piccolo — Caterina
- Carlo Valenzano — Paolo
- Brook Fuller — Little Prince
- Anna Maria Bottini — Mademoiselle Dombreuil, the Governess
- Directed
- Luchino Visconti
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 960 ratings
- Studio
- Titanus, Société Générale de Cinématographie (S.G.C.), Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
