Fresh
Very nearly classic Peter Greenaway.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
2012 · 2h 8m · Not Rated
Comedy, History
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
Overview
Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more celebrated during his life, Goltzius seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. In return, he promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of illustrating the Old Testament’s biblical stories. Erotic tales of Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Samson and Deliah and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius and his printing company will offer to perform dramatisations of these erotic stories for his court.
Director and cast
- Peter Greenaway Director
- F. Murray Abraham as The Margrave
- Ramsey Nasr as Hendrick Goltzius
- Kate Moran as Adaela
- Pippo Delbono as Samuel van Gouda
- Giulio Berruti as Thomas Boethius
- Lars Eidinger as Amos Quadfrey
- Anne Louise Hassing as Susannah
- Flavio Parenti as Eduard
- Vincent Riotta as Ricardo del Monte
- Francesco De Vito Cast
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