Luchino Visconti e la messa in scena della storia

The exhibition, organized in collaboration with Castel Sant'Angelo to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth and 50th anniversary of the death of the great Italian director, celebrates the genius of Luchino Visconti, retracing his entire career and reconstructing his creative journey through documents, photographs, costumes, screenplays, sketches, and archival materials.

Particular attention is given to The Leopard – an adaptation of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's famous novel – and spans from the production on set to its progressive consecration in the history of cinema, highlighting the work of the screenwriters, the set designer, the set decorator, the costume designer, the great tailors, and the composer: a shared effort for what would become a true masterpiece in the history of Italian and world cinema. The exhibition also finds a natural setting in the halls of Castel Sant'Angelo; beyond the "monumental" similarity between this location and the film, it's worth remembering that it was in this very monument that Visconti took his first steps as a director in Italy with Tosca and shot a sequence for the landmark film Senso.

To seal the relationship between Castel Sant'Angelo and The Leopard, some Garibaldi memorabilia from the Expedition of the Thousand, a historical event featured in the film, have been selected from the museum's collections.

The exhibition is curated by Caterina d’Amico and Gian Luca Farinelli and promoted by Castel Sant’Angelo, the Experimental Center of Cinematography Foundation – National Film Archive, Cinecittà – Luce Archive, the Bologna Film Archive Foundation, Titanus, and the Gramsci ETS Foundation, in collaboration with the Rome Film Festival.