Il gattopardo is a 1963 Italian-language Drama History motion picture directed by Luchino Visconti and produced by Goffredo Lombardo. In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. The film traces with a slow and deliberate rhythm the waning of the noble home of Fabrizio Corbero, Prince of Salina (the Leopard) and the corresponding rise to eminence of the enormously wealthy ex-peasant Don Calogero Sedara. The prince himself refuses to take active steps to halt the decline of his personal fortunes or to help build a new Sicily but his nephew Tancredi, Prince of Falconeri swims with the tide and assures his own position by marrying Don Calogero's beautiful daughter Angelica. The climatic scene is the sumptuous forty-minute ball, where Tancredi introduces Angelica to society. Written by alfiehitchie. Il gattopardo stars Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Serge Reggiani, Mario Girotti, Pierre Clementi and Amalia Troiani. The screenplay is written by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti and Suso Cecchi d'Amico which is inspired from The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. The music was composed by Nino Rota. Cinematography was done by Giuseppe Rotunno and editing by Mario Serandrei. The movie has a running time of 161-185 Min ,195-205 Min. It was released on 29th March 1963. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Titanus.