Diagonale
Festival of Austrian Film
April 4–9, 2024, Graz

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Thursday, 23.03.
23:00, Rechbauer

Casanova & Co.

Feature Film, AT/FR/IT 1977, 89 min, eOF

Venice in the eighteenth century. The embittered Giacomo Casanova (Tony Curtis), the great lover of all, has been behind bars for a long time. The courageous intervention of one of his old flames, Duchess Francesca di Cornaro (Marisa Mell) secures his escape—but his virility has run dry. Fittingly, he meets the young pickpocket Giacomino (likewise Tony Curtis), who is his spitting image and full of lifeblood. They get together to save the city from ruin with a lot of amore and physical effort.  

Director: Franz Antel
Script: Joshua Sinclair
Cast: Tony Curtis, Marisa Mell, Marisa Berenson, Hugh Griffith, Britt Ekland, Sylva Koscina, Andréa Ferréol, Jacques Herlin, Umberto Orsini
Camera: Hanns Matula
Editor: Michel Lewin
Music: Riz Ortolani
Producers: Franz Antel, Carl Szokoll