4.5

0 hr 50 min

1971-11-16

6

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.

Drama

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Characters

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Giovanni Jacopo Casanova

Norman Rossington

Norman Rossington

Lorenzo

Zienia Merton

Zienia Merton

Cristina

Christine Noonan

Christine Noonan

Barberina

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