Casanova (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1971 · Series · 300 min. · United Kingdom
TV Miniseries. 6 episodes. The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, but in this six-part series Dennis Potter attempted to find a contemporary relevance through his central themes of sex and religion. Casanova was imprisoned in Venice in 1755, and Potter used that event as a central device, constantly inter-cutting to contrast Casanova's amorous escapades, radiant, joyful and brightly lit, with his oppressive solitary confinement in the gloom of a half-darkened cell.
Direction Mark Cullingham · John Glenister
Cast Frank Finlay · Norman Rossington · Zienia Merton · Christine Noonan · Geoffrey Wincott · Victor Baring · Basil Clarke · Tim Thomas · Ania Marson · Patrick Newell · Lyn Yeldham · Julia Cornelius · Brigid Erin Bates · Caroline Dowdeswell · Elaine Donnelly · Hugh Portnow · Christopher Hancock · Alfred Hoffman
Soundtrack John Burrows
Screenplay Dennis Potter
Cinematography Dave Sydenham
Original title Casanova (TV)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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