Recounting the years of Italy's Risorgimento-when the aristocracy lost its grip and the middle classes rose and formed a democratic Italy. Contains the original Italian version with optional subtitles, the English-language version and special features.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD; Dolby digital, mono.

Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale.

Adattato e sceneggiato da Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Pasquale Pesta Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti.

Based on the novel Il gattopardo (The leopard) by Giuseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa.

Special features: [Disc 1]. New high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, with restored image and sound and presented in the original Super Technirama aspect ratio of 2.21:1; audio commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie; new & improved English subtitle translation; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition. [Disc 2]. A dying breed: the making of The leopard, a documentary with interviews with Cladia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack and others; Interview with producer Goffredo Lombardo; video interview with professor Millicent Marcus on the history behind The leopard; original theatrical trailers and newsreels; stills gallery of behind-the-scenes production photos. [Disc 3]. New transfer of the 161-minue American release, with English language dialogue. Set also includes new essay by author and film historian Michael Wood (1 folded sheet).