Fellini's Casanova

Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini) is a 1976 Italian film by director Federico Fellini, adapted from the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century adventurer and writer. Shot entirely at the Cinecittà studios in Rome, the film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, with the Oscar going to Danilo Donati. A carnival in Venice is the prelude to a series of erotic encounters that follow Giacomo Casanova through the ... more

Fellini's Casanova (Il Casanova di Federico Fellini) is a 1976 Italian film by director Federico Fellini, adapted from the autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, the 18th century adventurer and writer. Shot entirely at the Cinecittà studios in Rome, the film won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, with the Oscar going to Danilo Donati. A carnival in Venice is the prelude to a series of erotic encounters that follow Giacomo Casanova through the cities of 18th century Europe. It is the age of Voltaire – sexual and intellectual awakenings abound. Casanova's life becomes a freakish journey into sexual abandonment. Any meaningful emotion or sensuality is eclipsed by increasingly strange situations. In Venice, he "defiles" a fake nun for the pleasure of a rich voyeur; in Paris, he attempts to convert a mature woman's soul into a man's using intercourse; in Dresden, his body is pounded by two hefty women and a hunchback. The narrative presents Casanova's adventures in a detached,... less