Casanova Variations
Feature Film, FR/AT/DE 2014, Farbe, 118 min., OmdU
Diagonale 2015
Director, Script: Michael Sturminger
Cast: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Florian Boesch, Jonas Kaufmann, Miah Persson, Anna Prohaska
Camera: André Szankowski
Editor: Evi Romen
Location Sound: Jean-Paul Mugel
Music: Musikalische Leitung: Martin Haselböck, Orchester: Wiener Akademie
Sounddesign: Karoline Heflin
Production Design: Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin/Donmartin Supersets
Costumes: Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin/Donmartin Supersets
Additional Credits: Ko-Autor: Markus Schleinzer
Producers: Paulo Branco, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck, Ulrich Seidl, Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott
Production: Alfama Films
Co-production: mit AMOUR FOU Vienna, vienna@amourfoufilm.com
Koprod.: X Filme Creative Pool, Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion, in Zusammenarbeit mit ARTE, RTP
“Viva la libertà!” Alone in a remote castle, Giacomo Casanova lets out a shout and collapses. When a former lover, the writer Elisa von der Recke, comes to visit, her presence stirs new life in the old man. A film that grasps the myth of the great seducer in fictional stories and opera performances, and reveals his adventures, passions, and last but not least, also his fear of death. (Production notes)