Casanova is a Britishtelevision drama serial, written by the acclaimed television playwright Dennis Potter. Directed by Mark Cullingham and John Glenister and produced by Mark Shivas, the serial was made by the BBC and screened on the BBC One network in November and December 1971. Dennis Christopher George Potter (May 17, 1935 – June 7, 1994) was a controversial British dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. ... ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
The production was based on the life of the infamous 18th century Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova, and Frank Finlay starred in the title role. Giacomo Casanova Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725–June 4, 1798) was a famous 18th century Italian adventurer whose name has become synonymous with seduction. ... Frank Finlay (August 6, 1926 –) is an UK actor. ...
Casanova was released on DVD by BBC Worldwide in 2004, as part of The Dennis Potter Collection, a range of Potter's work released on DVD that year. DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Casanova was born in Venice in 1725 to actress Zanetta Farussi, wife of actor Gaetano Giuseppe Casanova.
Casanova was permitted to return to Venice in 1774 after 18 year's exile; but was expelled again in 1783 after having fallen afoul of a son of that same nobleman, Grimani, whom he believed to be his own father.
Casanova retired in 1785 and became the librarian to Count Joseph Karl von Waldstein, a chamberlain of the emperor, in the Castle of Dux, Bohemia (now Duchcov Castle, Czech Republic) where he died in 1798 at age 73.
Casanova happens by at this moment and quite appreciates her feisty performance, and surmises that, while he won't conquer her, she will be unable to resist him.
Casanova doesn't have time to chat, only ogle, for he is, after all, trying to elude the clutches of the Inquisition, here embodied by the paler than death Pucci (Jeremy Irons).
Though Casanova can't understand the man's apparent personal dislike for him ("All I do is worship beauty," He protests), he must stay a step ahead at all times, which leads to hijinks of the most tedious sort, including mistaken identities and marriage plots.
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