Fellini's Casanova

Fellini's Casanova
Theatrical release poster
ItalianIl Casanova di Federico Fellini
Directed byFederico Fellini
Screenplay by
Based onHistoire de ma vie
by Giacomo Casanova
Produced byAlberto Grimaldi
StarringDonald Sutherland
CinematographyGiuseppe Rotunno
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music byNino Rota
Production
company
Distributed byTitanus
Release date
  • 7 December 1976 (1976-12-07) (Italy)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryItaly
Languages
  • English
  • Italian

Fellini's Casanova (Italian: Il Casanova di Federico Fellini, lit.'The Casanova by Federico Fellini') is a 1976 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay he co-wrote with Bernardino Zapponi, adapted from the autobiography of 18th-century Venetian adventurer and writer Giacomo Casanova, played by Donald Sutherland.[1] The film depicts Casanova's life as a journey into sexual abandonment, and his relationship with the "love of his life" Henriette (played by Tina Aumont). The narrative presents Casanova's adventures in a detached, methodical fashion, as the respect for which he yearns is constantly undermined by his more basic urges.[2]

Shot entirely at the Cinecittà studios in Rome,[3][4] the film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, with the Oscar going to Danilo Donati. Fellini and his co-writer Bernardino Zapponi were nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. The film also won BAFTA Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Production Design, and a David di Donatello for Best Score.

  1. ^ "Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Fellini's Casanova". Mara, Marietta. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ^ Davis, Melton (31 August 1975). "Federico Fellini's Far‐Out Casanova". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ Lane, Anthony (17 January 2020). "A Hundred Years of Fellini". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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