The Loves of Casanova or Casanova is a 1927 French Historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti and Diana Karenne.[1] The film portrays the life and adventures of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798). Many of those involved with the film were Russian emigres who had come to France following the Russian Revolution. A sound version was prepared in 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer in 1929. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
| The Loves of Casanova | |
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| Directed by | Alexandre Volkoff |
| Written by | Norbert Falk Alexandre Volkoff Ivan Mosjoukine |
| Produced by | Noë Bloch Gregor Rabinovitch |
| Starring | Ivan Mosjoukine Suzanne Bianchetti Diana Karenne Jenny Jugo Rina De Liguoro |
| Cinematography | Fédote Bourgasoff Léonce-Henri Burel Nikolai Toporkoff |
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| Distributed by | Pathé |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | Silent Version French Intertitle Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
Cast
edit- Ivan Mosjoukine as Casanova
- Suzanne Bianchetti as Catherine II
- Diana Karenne as Maria, Duchess de Lardi
- Jenny Jugo as Thérèse
- Rina De Liguoro as Corticelli
- Nina Koshetz as Countess Vorontzoff
- Raymond Bouamerane as Djimmy
- Olga Day as Lady Stanhope
- Albert Decoeur as Duke of Bayreuth
- Dimitri Dimitriev as Lord Stanhope
- Paul Franceschi
- Paul Guidé as Gregori Orloff
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Czar Peter III
- Nathalie Lissenko
- Michel Simon as henchman
- Carlo Tedeschi as Menucci
- Maria Ivogün as soprano
Music
editThe sound version features a theme song entitled “Until the Moon” by Julian Wright (words) and Horace Shepherd (music).
Costume design
editBoris Bilinsky designed with Barbara Karinska who went on to win an Oscar in 1948 for her color costume design on Joan of Arc.[2]
References
edit- ^ Hamilton, Nigel. Biography: A Brief History. Harvard University Press, 2009. p. 302. ASIN B0957SQ7T9. ISBN 0674024664.
- ^ Variety Staff (20 March 2002). "Costume Design Oscar Winners 1948 – 2000". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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