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The Loves of Casanova

1927132 minFrance
Drama

Synopsis

Casanova moves through Venice with debts, lovers and offended husbands close behind him. Escape carries him toward Russia, where a new disguise gains access to the imperial court without curing the habits that endangered him at home. Returning to Venice brings further adventures, a duel and imprisonment, with romance repeatedly interrupting the practical business of getting away.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: French.
This copy runs
159:12
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: French. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Alexandre Volkoff · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsAlexandre Volkoff

Behind the scenes

Volkoff's spectacle combines elaborate costumes and sets with tinted images and a stencil-colored Venetian carnival sequence. Many of its principal collaborators were Russian émigrés working in France after the revolution.

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Wikipedia — film referenceWikidata — film identity and creditsCinémathèque française — Casanova restoration catalogueLe Giornate del Cinema Muto — Casanova

Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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