Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012)

Directors

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Alba Rohrwacher, Boris Bakal, F. Murray Abraham, Flavio Parenti, Francesco De Vito, Giulio Berruti, Goran Bogdan, Halina Reijn, Lars Eidinger, Lisette Malidor, Milan Pleština, Pippo Delbono, Ramsey Nasr, Stefano Scherini, Vincent Riotta

The story

The film is a creative interpretation of the life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th-century Dutch artist. In the film, Goltzius is portrayed as seducing the Margrave of Alsace to obtain funding for a printing press and to publish illustrated books. Goltzius promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of the Old Testament stories, including tales of the temptation of Adam and Eve, Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Samson and Delilah, and John the Baptist and Salome.

Genres

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