When author Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa died in 1957 he was penniless. But one year later his only novel, 'Il Gattopardo', was published and went on to become a global success with more than 13 million copies sold to this day. In 1963, Luchino Visconti's film adaptation, starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon, received a Palme d'Or in Cannes. However, hidden behind the genesis of 'Il Gattopardo' there is a true love story – which almost outshines the novel: that of the author and his German-Baltic wife, the psychoanalyst Alexandra Wolff-Stomersee.
FESTIVALS/AWARDS
2019
27 Filmfest Hamburg
Riga IFF
Festa del Cinema di Roma
CAST AND CREW
Director Luigi Falorni, Roland Wagner
Producer Roberto Cicutto, Jörg Bundschuh, Gints Grube
Screenwriter Bernhard Pfletschinger, Thomas Keutner
Editor Wolfgang Grimmeisen
