Casanova
The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 17-25 to 1798, but in this series Dennis Potter strove to obtain a contemporary significance through his fundamental topics of religion and sex. He commented Casanova"was focused on sexual and religious freedom, and those are what we now have to address ourselves to now." Casanova was imprisoned in Venice in 1755, and Potter used that event as a device, constantly inter-cutting to contrast Casanova's romantic escapades, radiant, joyful and brightly lit, at the lieu of a cell with his oppressive confinement.
Released: 1971-11-16
Genre:
Drama