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Goltzius and the Pelican Company

Country: UK, Language: English, 128 mins

  • Director: Peter Greenaway
  • Writer: Peter Greenaway
  • Producer: Mike Downey; Catherine Dussart

CGiii Comment

Well...it's not as befuddling as Greenaway's usual offerings.

In fact, it's rather easy to follow...due to the fact that the writing is tired, uninspiring and riddled with plagiaristic argument.

It looks fantastic. But, it's Greenaway...limited audience, limited appeal.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Hendrik Goltzius, a late sixteenth-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.

Cast & Characters

F. Murray Abraham as The Margrave;
Giulio Berruti as Thomas Boethius;
Vincent Riotta as Ricardo del Monte;
Halina Reijn as Portia;
Flavio Parenti as Eduard;
Anne Louise Hassing as Susannah;
Lars Eidinger as Quadfrey;
Francesco De Vito as Rabbi Moab;
Goran Bogdan as Gottlieb;
Kate Moran as Adaela