No, the French version is the closest since it is the original language of two of the three main characters! (+ a few other secondary characters)

​@@cinephileauxsemellesdevent😂😂 the Leopard was a book of Italians written in Italian, the script of the movie was written by Suso Cecchi d amico...french?? No sense

@@leleroi I have nothing against Italians, that’s just some facts. Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinal don’t speak Italian in the movie (when you watch the Italian version they are both dubbed, while it is their real voices in French) Visconti spoke French fluently so he most certainly translated the lines for them.

@@cinephileauxsemellesdevent the film was made to be international, to earn more money and be more popular. each actor spoke their own language, among 30 actors in the film only two are French. so to say that the film was made to be seen in French is nonsense. The 3 main actors: Romolo Valli (Priest) Paolo Stoppa (Don Calogero) and Rina Morelli (Princess) are among the greatest Italian theatre actors and speak Italian like everyone else

Visconti oscure director? Anyone that knows about Cinema, the seventh art, knows who was Luchino Visconti

Do try Mizoguchi (e.g Sansho the Bailiff) if not already

@@mizofanI vote Sansho the Bailiff as greatest film Ive ever seen

Just buy the Criterion version, they have the original Italian version (with subtitles) and its beautifully restored. They also included the version that was shown in America, but I’m not sure why because that version has terrible dubbing and parts of the original film were cut for American audiences.

@@HBICTiff Yeah, I've seen the Criterion version - that's what I'm referring to. Almost all of the actors spoke English on set and had their dialogue dubbed in Italian in post production. The result is hideous. It's a shame that someone as talented as Visconti would resort to such lazy techniques.

@@YuenXii Well I think it’s harder to notice that detail unless you really pay close attention but I think it’s still a beautiful film. Martin Scorsese said it is in his top five favorites of all time.

If you have noticed... the Prince...Burt Lancaster speeks Italian with a lovely Sicilian accent... was dubbed by a famous Italian theatre actor

Dubbing was a common practice in Italian cinema at least until the 80s, so Italian viewers don't pay much attention to it, but I understand that for foreign viewers it can be very annoying.

With 2 t! Not 1. Sorry for the correction, i m italian.

@@skyscraper7474 😊

@@isammolina4842 😉🖐

I don't see it. If anything, Burt Lancaster is a master of the _understated_ performance. See him in _Field of Dreams;_ where he speaks volumes with just a tiny flick and a small gesture. He is fantastic.

@@fuferito these are your words, what you say

@@fuferito we disagree

@@paulsolon6229, Amazing; I just finished watching _From Here to Eternity,_ and now I see you just posted a reply at, pretty much, the same time. I saw no overacting. We do disagree.

@@fuferito as we were