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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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
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F. Murray AbrahamThe Margrave
Ramsey NasrHendrick Goltzius
Kate MoranAdaela
Pippo DelbonoSamuel van Gouda
Giulio BerrutiThomas Boethius
Lars EidingerAmos Quadfrey
Anne Louise HassingSusannah
Flavio ParentiEduard
Vincent RiottaRicardo del Monte
Francesco De VitoRabbi Moab
Maaike NeuvilleIsadora
Lisette MalidorEbolaExplore the crew
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Writer
- Peter Greenaway
- Original Music Composer
- Marco Robino
- Director of Photography
- Reinier van Brummelen
- Editor
- Elmer Leupen
- Producer
- Kees Kasander
- Producer
- Mike Downey
- Producer
- Catherine Dussart
- Producer
- Suza Horvat
- Producer
- Igor A. Nola
- Producer
- Sam Taylor