Goltzius & the Pelican Company
Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Information

Release DateFebruary 5, 2014
Runtime2h 8m
StatusReleased
ProductionFilm and Music Entertainment, Head Gear Films + 1 more
LanguagesDutch, English, French
6.1
36 votes
Popularity1

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway

Featured Cast

F. Murray Abraham

F. Murray Abraham

The Margrave

Ramsey Nasr

Ramsey Nasr

Hendrick Goltzius

Kate Moran

Kate Moran

Adaela

Pippo Delbono

Pippo Delbono

Samuel van Gouda

Giulio Berruti

Giulio Berruti

Thomas Boethius

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