Burt Lancaster

"And each time I see the picture, I'm always astonished at the grandeur of its conception," he said, adding that it also contains "very precious knowledge that the world as we know it is always shifting beneath our feet, always changing.

The prince, played so beautifully by Burt Lancaster, understands what no one else around him understands -- that his way of life is over, and there's a new world coming."

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