Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

128 mins | History | Sept. 30, 2012

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.

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

128 mins | History | Sept. 30, 2012

Goltzius & the Pelican Company
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Head Gear Films, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME), Metrol Technology
Original title Goltzius & the Pelican Company
Directors Peter Greenaway
Writers Peter Greenaway

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

Halina Reijn

as Portia

Stefano Scherini

as Johannes Cleaver

Hendrik Aerts

as Strachey

Duško Valentić

as Priest 1

Samir Vujčić

as Priest 2

Goran Bogdan

as Gottlieb

Truus de Boer

as Sophie

Vedran Živolić

as Joachim