Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Luchino Visconti
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
Italian aristocrat Burt Lancaster, badly dubbed, reluctantly watches as a revolution transpires to rob him of the power he, and his long family history, have enjoyed. Penniless rebel Alain Delon attains an equitable position of power after the war, not to mention local beauty Claudia Cardinale as his fiance. It turns out Lancaster is financing the dowry of the girl through her father, much to the displeasure of his own daughter who is in love with Delon. This long, lethargic melodrama plays out against a sumptuous backdrop of a palace filled with priceless art and impeccably dressed servants. The plot lines are resolved during a grand banquet and dance that take up nearly the last hour of the film, which while beautiful to look at can be a chore to sit through.
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