Goltzius and the Pelican Company
- Original title
- Goltzius and the Pelican Company
- Year
- 2012
- Running time
- 128 min.
- Country
United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- 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
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-Netherlands-France-Croatia;
- Genre
- Drama | Biography. Historical. 16th Century
- Synopsis
- 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.
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