Casanova is a British television drama serial, written by the acclaimed television playwright Dennis Potter. Directed by Mark Cullingham and John Glenister, the serial was made by the BBC and screened on the BBC2 network in November and December 1971. It is loosely based on Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova's Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life; 1780-92). It was Dennis Potter's first television serial, having previously written single plays fo...
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Casanova is a British television drama serial, written by the acclaimed television playwright Dennis Potter. Directed by Mark Cullingham and John Glenister, the serial was made by the BBC and screened on the BBC2 network in November and December 1971. It is loosely based on Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova's Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life; 1780-92). It was Dennis Potter's first television serial, having previously written single plays for the BBC's The Wednesday Play and Play for Today series. Frank Finlay starred in the title role and was nominated for the best actor award at the 1972 BAFTA ceremony.
"Sounds, smells carry us back [...] like ravenous wolves of the past [...] bouncing one memory against another."
After being arrested and charged with "foul atheism" and "free-thinking", Giacomo Casanova is sentenced to five years imprisonment at "The Leads": the most notorious of Venetian gaols. Brutalised by Lorenzo the gaoler and becoming increasingly devoid of hope under the...
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