Goltzius and the Pelican Company

Feb 5 2014 Not Rated 2h 8m
Biography, Comedy, History

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.

Plot

Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace, the military governor, into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books. Goltzius promises him an extraordinary book of pictures of the Old Testament Biblical stories: erotic tales of the temptation of Adam and Eve, Lot and his daughters, David and Bathsheba, Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Samson and Delilah, and John the Baptist and Salome. To tempt the Margrave further, he and his printing company will offer to perform dramatizations of these erotic stories for his court.

Written by

Peter Greenaway

Directed by

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Ramsey Nasr, F. Murray Abraham, Hendrik Aerts

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands, France, Croatia, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Metrol Technology, Head Gear Films, Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)

Languages

Nederlands, Français, English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination total

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