Goltzius and the Pelican Company
2012 · Movie · 128 min. · United Kingdom
The film is based on the life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. He seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. Goltzius promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of the Old Testament Biblical stories. Erotic tales of Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Samson and Delilah and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, Goltzius and his printing company will offer to perform dramatizations of these erotic stories for his court.
Direction Peter Greenaway
Cast F. Murray Abraham · Ramsey Nasr · Francesco De Vito · Flavio Parenti · Vincent Riotta · Halina Reijn · Anne Louise Hassing · Giulio Berruti · Lars Eidinger · Goran Bogdan · Kate Moran · Truus de Boer · Pippo Delbono · Maaike Neuville · Stefano Scherini
Screenplay Peter Greenaway
Cinematography Reinier Van Bruemen
Original title Goltzius and the Pelican Company
6.3
85 votes (FilmAffinity)
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