Movie
Goltzius & the Pelican Company
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-11-12
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Comedy, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Film and Music Entertainment, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology
- Country
- United Kingdom, Croatia, France, Netherlands
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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 as Rabbi Moab
- Maaike Neuville as Isadora
- Lisette Malidor as Ebola
Crew
- Peter Greenaway - Director
- Peter Greenaway - Writer
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