Goltzius & the Pelican Company
6.1
2014
2h 8m
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.
Key Crew
Director
Peter Greenaway
Producers
Kees Kasander
Mike Downey
Catherine Dussart
Writers
Peter Greenaway
Cinematography
Reinier van Brummelen
Music
Marco Robino
Cast (21)
F. Murray Abraham
The Margrave
Ramsey Nasr
Hendrick Goltzius
