Casanova (1971) - Season 1 - 2-DVD Set ( Casanova ) ( Casanova - Season One )

Casanova (1971) - Season 1 - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Casanova
Alternate Title: Casanova - Season One
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
330 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Mark Cullingham
John Glenister

Written By:
Dennis Potter

Actors:
Frank Finlay ..... Casanova (6 episodes, 1971)
Norman Rossington ..... Lorenzo
Christine Noonan ..... Barberina (6 episodes, 1971)
Zienia Merton ..... Christina (6 episodes, 1971)
Ania Marson ..... Anne Roman-Coupier (4 episodes, 1971)
Patrick Newell ..... Schalon (4 episodes, 1971)
Lyn Yeldham ..... Genoveffa (4 episodes, 1971)
Julia Cornelius ..... Rose (4 episodes, 1971)
Brigid Erin Bates ..... Manon (4 episodes, 1971)
Caroline Dowdeswell ..... Anna (4 episodes, 1971)
Alfred Hoffman ..... Constable (4 episodes, 1971)
Ray Marioni ..... Constable (4 episodes, 1971)
Elaine Donnelly ..... Helena (3 episodes, 1971)

Synopsis:

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. He commented that Casanova 'was concerned with religious and sexual freedom, and these are the things we have to address ourselves to now.' 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.
Season 1
1. Steed in the Stable
2. One at a Time
3. Magic Moments
4. Window, Window
5. Fevers of Love
6. Golden Apples

Episode 1: "Steed in the Stable"
After being arrested and charged with "foul atheism" and fornication, Casanova is sentenced to five years imprisonment at "The Leads": the most notorious of Venetian gaols. Brutalised by Lorenzo the gaoler and devoid of hope under the harsh prison regime, Casanova's mind wanders back to his past loves and adventures. He finds himself haunted by the memory of Christina, a simple country girl he gave to another rather than marry her himself.

Episode 2: "One at a Time"
Casanova receives a new cellmate in the form of Schalon, a corrupt insurance broker, and reflects on his seduction of three daughters at a house in Grenoble.

Episode 3: "Magic Moments"
Casanova is irritated by his constantly complaining cell mate Schalon and remembers how he once pretended to be a magician casting a spell to seduce the virgin daughter of an old naive man.

Episode 4: "Window, Window"
The episode flashes back and forward between Casanova trying to seduce Anne Roman-Coupier, even though his friend strongly discourages this, and him trying to receive some books while being in prison. He is also haunted by memories of watching a man being executed and him smashing a window with a stone in Venice.

Episode 5: "Fevers of Love"
While in his prison cell, Casanova is tormented by fever dreams and flashbacks to his past loves and especially his stay in London.

Episode 6: "Golden Apples"
This episode flashes back and forward between Casanova finally managing to escape from his prison cell and him trying to write his memoires in Castle of Duchcov near the end of his life as an old, dying man.

Season 1
Steed in the Stable
S1, Ep1 Nov. 16, 1971

One at a Time
S1, Ep2 Nov. 23, 1971

Magic Moments
S1, Ep3 Nov. 30, 1971

Window, Window
S1, Ep4 Dec. 7, 1971

Fevers of Love
S1, Ep5 Dec. 14, 1971

Golden Apples
S1, Ep6 Dec. 21, 1971

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 03 May, 2012.