The Leopard (1963 film) Quotes

The Leopard (1963 film) is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . The Leopard completed its run in 1970.

It features Goffredo Lombardo as producer, Nino Rota in charge of musical score, and Giuseppe Rotunno as head of cinematography.

The Leopard (1963 film) is recorded in Italian language and originally aired in Italy. Each episode of The Leopard (1963 film) is 161 Min (US Theatrical Release) long. The Leopard (1963 film) is distributed by Titanus (Italy - Theatrical).

The cast includes: Alain Delon as Tancredi Falconeri, Romolo Valli as Father Pirrone, Serge Reggiani as Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo, Claudia Cardinale as Angelica Sedara, Lucilla Morlacchi as Concetta, and Rina Morelli as Princess Maria Stella Salina.

The Leopard (1963 film) Quotes

Serge Reggiani as Don Francisco Ciccio Tumeo

• (Serge Reggiani) "It was a delight to watch her. Those black locks, those eyes, that skin, those breasts. No stink of manure there. Her sheets must smell like paradise."
• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "Calm down, now."

• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "You've mentioned everything; savage mothers, filthy grandfathers; but not what interests me: Miss Angelica."
• (Serge Reggiani) "There's nothing to say. She speaks for herself. She has her mother's beauty without her grandfather's stink."

• (Serge Reggiani) "It seems Donna Bastiana is a kind of animal. She can't read, write, or tell time. She can barely talk. She's even incapable of loving her own daughter. Good for bed, and that's all. But what can you expect? You know whose daughter she is? She's the daughter of one of your peasants from Runci. His name was Peppe Giunta. He was so filthy and savage that everyone called him Peppe Cows***."

• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "And you, Don Ciccio, how did you vote on the 21st?"
• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "What are you afraid of? There's no one else here but us, the wind, the dogs."
• (Serge Reggiani) "Excuse me, Excellency, but that question is useless. You know that everyone in Donnafugata voted, voted 'yes'. They said you, yourself, advised those who couldn't decide to vote like that."
• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "I did, indeed. So, you voted 'yes', hmm --"
• (Serge Reggiani) "No, Excellency. I voted absolutely 'no'. No, I swear I voted 'no'. I know, Excellency, I know what you told me: necessity, unity and opportunity, Excellency. And you might be right, afterall. Politics I know nothing about, I leave that to all the others. But Ciccio Tumeo cannot be walked on. An obscure artist -- poor and miserable, with holes in his pants, maybe. But benefits he's received, I promise you, he'll never forget. As you know, Excellency, it was Queen Isabella, of Spain, who was Dutchess of Calabria then, who made me study, and allowed me to be who I wanted: Organist of the Mother Church, honored by the benevolence of Your Excellency, and be a respected citizen. The years we were in terrible need, when my poor mother sent a petition up to her court, the money arrived to help us, sure as death every month. And if, today, these holy Kings and lovely Queens, were looking down from Heaven -- what would they say? Would they feel that Don Ciccio Tumeo betrayed them? No, Excellency, no. Fortunately they know the truth in paradise."

• (Serge Reggiani) "But even in the best kept houses secrets come out. Servants talk."

Alain Delon as Tancredi Falconeri

• (Count Cavriaghi) "What am I doing here anyway? Concetta doesn't love me."
• (Alain Delon) "Did you speak to her?"
• (Count Cavriaghi) "There's no point. I feel like I'm just a worm to her, and she's right. I must find a she-worm who'll put up with me."

• (Count Cavriaghi) "How big is this palace anyway? How many rooms are there?"
• (Alain Delon) "Nobody knows, not even Uncle. He says a palace in which you know every room isn't worth living in."

Claudia Cardinale as Angelica Sedara

• (Claudia Cardinale) "Listen to me. Concetta is right. To marry him after loving you would be like drinking water after tasting --"
• (Alain Delon) "Tasting what?"
• (Claudia Cardinale) "Marsala."

Romolo Valli as Father Pirrone

• (Romolo Valli) "There's a storm brewing."

• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "In your opinion, what should I say?"
• (Romolo Valli) "The wish to found a Christian family is agreeable to the Church. Our Lord's presence at the marriage --"
• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "Let's keep to the point. I want to talk about this marriage, not the one at Cana, much less about marriage in general."

• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "Do you think that if the Church could ever save herself by sacrificing us, she wouldn't do so? Of course she would, and rightly so."
• (Romolo Valli) "You have two sins to confess on Saturday. One of the flesh last night, one of the spirit today."

Rina Morelli as Princess Maria Stella Salina

• (Rina Morelli) "I never could endure that fop. You lost your head over him. And he has the impertinence to ask you, his uncle, father of the girl he has deceived, to carry his proposal to that rascal, the father of that slut. You mustn't do it."
• (Prince Don Fabrizio Salina) "Enough. You don't know what you're saying. Angelica is not a slut. She may become one, but for now she's a girl like any other, prettier than others, who wants to make a good marriage."

• (Rina Morelli) "It's outrageous. And I'd so hoped he would marry Concetta. He's a traitor, like all liberals of his kind. First he betrays his king, and now us. He, with that lying face of his, those honeyed words and poisoned actions. That's what happens when one lets people into one's home who aren't of our own blood."

Lucilla Morlacchi as Concetta

• (Lucilla Morlacchi) "Three balls in a week are too much."

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