Casanova (1987 film)

Casanova

Written by	George MacDonald Fraser
Directed by	Simon Langton
Starring	Richard Chamberlain Faye Dunaway Sylvia Kristel Ornella Muti Hanna Schygulla
Music by	Michel Legrand
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Sam Manners
Cinematography	José Luis Alcaine
Running time	120 minutes
Production company(s)	Hessischer Rundfunk Konigsberg/Sanitsky Company
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	March 1, 1987 (1987-03-01)

Casanova is a 1987 American made-for-television biographical romantic comedy film directed by Simon Langton. It depicts real life events of Giacomo Casanova.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Richard Chamberlain: Giacomo Casanova
Faye Dunaway: Madame D'Urfe
Sylvia Kristel: Maddalena
Ornella Muti: Henriette
Hanna Schygulla: Casanova's Mother
Sophie Ward: Jacqueline
Frank Finlay: Razetta
Roy Kinnear: Balbi
Kenneth Colley: Le Duc
Richard Griffiths: Cardinal
Patrick Ryecart
Jean-Pierre Cassel: Louis XV
Toby Rolt: Young Giacomo Casanova
Bruce Purchase: Major Grandi
Traci Lind: Heidi
Janis Lee Burns: Louison
Christopher Benjamin: Massimo
John Wells: Judge
Michael Balfour: Jailer
John Boswell: Prosecutor
Marina Baker: Lucretia
Jessica Moore: Angelique (as Gilda Germano)
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón: Therese
Fernando Hilbeck: Grimani

References

↑ Michael Klossner. The Europe of 1500-1815 on film and television. McFarland & Co., 2002. ISBN 0786412232.
↑ Mick Martin, Marsha Porter. Video Movie Guide 1995. Ballantine Books, 1994. ISBN 034539027X.

External links

Casanova at the Internet Movie Database

Simon Langton filmography

Smiley's People (1982) Anna Karenina (1985) The Whistle Blower (1986) Casanova (1987) Mother Love (1989) The Cinder Path (1994) Pride and Prejudice (1995) Nancherrow (1999)

Historical

Film	Casanova (1918) Il cavaliere misterioso (1948) Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969) Fellini's Casanova (1976) Casanova (2005)

Television	Casanova (1971) Casanova (2005)

Opera	Casanova's Homecoming

Literature	Histoire de ma vie (1798)

Retellings

Film	Casanova Brown (1944) Corny Casanovas (1952) Casanova's Big Night (1954) Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova (1955) Casanova 70 (1965) Casanova & Co. (1977) That Night in Varennes (1982) California Casanova (1991) The Return of Casanova (1992) Un novio para mi mujer (2008) All About My Wife (2012) Casanovva (2012)

Television	Casanova '73 (1973) Casanova (1987) Goodbye Casanova (2000) Casanova sin Amor (2010)

Animation	Casanova Cat (1951)

Songs	"Ladytron" (1972) "Casanova" (1977) "Casanova" (1979) "Casanova" (1987) "Baila Casanova" (2003) "Casanova" (2008) "Cowboy Casanova" (2008)

Albums	Country Casanova (1973) Casanova (1996)

Literature	Casanova (1996)

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