Goltzius & the Pelican Company
2012•NR•2h 8m•6.1•Released
ComedyHistory
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.
Director
Peter Greenaway
Writer
Peter Greenaway
Languages
French, English, Dutch
Studio
Film and Music Entertainment
Cast
F. Murray Abraham
The Margrave
Ramsey Nasr
Hendrick Goltzius
Kate Moran
Adaela
Pippo Delbono
Samuel van Gouda
Giulio Berruti
Thomas Boethius
Lars Eidinger
Amos Quadfrey
Anne Louise Hassing
Susannah
Flavio Parenti
Eduard
Vincent Riotta
Ricardo del Monte
Francesco De Vito
Rabbi Moab
Maaike Neuville
Isadora
Lisette Malidor
Ebola
Halina Reijn
Portia
Stefano Scherini
Johannes Cleaver
Hendrik Aerts
Strachey
Production
Company
Film and Music Entertainment
Company
Head Gear Films
Company
Metrol Technology
Producer
Kees Kasander
Producer
Mike Downey
Producer
Catherine Dussart
Producer
Suza Horvat
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