Don Giovanni
Synopsis
The exploits of Don Giovanni are renowned the world over, his seduction of ladies across the continent – young and old, ugly and beautiful, rich and poor alike (anything in a skirt really) - constituting an impressive tally (2065 at the last count), one that is dutifully noted and recorded by his valet Leporello (José van Dam). On one particular night however, Don Giovanni (Ruggero Raimondi) takes his libertine ways a little too far, slipping into the room of Donna Anna (Edda Moser) for an attempted seduction, but in his haste to remain anonymous and beat a hasty retreat, he kills her father, Il Commendatore (John Macurdy), who has arrived to defend her honour. Donna Anna is devastated by what has occurred and calls on her fiancé Don Ottavio (Kenneth Riegel), in the manner of any good dramatic opera, to avenge his blood.
They’ll have to move quickly to keep up with Don Giovanni however, who has quickly moved on to his next conquest – a young peasant girl named Zerlina (Teresa Berganza), who he rakishly intends to seduce on the eve of her marriage to Masetto (Malcolm King). They find an ally however in the form of Donna Elvira (Kiri Te Kanawa), another woman who has fallen victim to his charms only to be immediately abandoned after their wedding.
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Actors (9)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producers : Gaumont, Camera One
- Co-production : France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Janus Filmproduktion, Opera Film Produzione
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
- French distribution : Gaumont
Full credits (16)
- Executive Producers : Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Nicolas Seydoux, Michel Seydoux
- Screenwriters : Joseph Losey, Patricia Losey
- Director of Photography : Gerry Fisher
- Assistant directors : Inigo Lezzi, Jean-Michel Lacor
- Editor : Reginald Beck
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Louis Ducarme
- Foreign producers : Klaus Hellwig, Renzo Rossellini
- Authors of original work : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lorenzo Da Ponte
- Line Producer : Robert Nador
- Sound Assistant : Jean-Paul Mugel
- Production Manager : Pierre Saint-Blancat
- Sound editor : Michèle Neny
- Production Designer : Alexandre Trauner
- Compositor : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Artistic Director : Alexandre Trauner
- Sound Mixer : Jacques Maumont
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Opera
- Themes : Music
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1979
- French release : 14/11/1979
- Runtime : 3 h 6 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 49862
- Visa issue date : 22/10/1979
- Approval : Unknown
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Dolby
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News & awards
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Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1980
César Award for Best Editing : Reginald Beck
César Award for Best Production Design : Alexandre Trauner
