The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, but in this six-part series Dennis Potter attempted to find a contemporary relevance through his central themes of sex and religion. He commented that Casanova "was concerned with religious and sexual freedom, and these are the things we have to address ourselves to now." Casanova was imprisoned in Venice in 1755, and Potter used that event as a central device, constantly inter-cutting to contrast Casanova's amorous escapades, radiant, joyful and brightly lit, with his oppressive solitary confinement in the gloom of a half-darkened cell.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Frank Finlay, Zienia Merton, Christine Noonan, Norman Rossington, Lyn Yeldham
Crew: Dennis Potter, Mark Cullingham, John Glenister
Country: GB
Studio: BBC Two
Runtime: 50:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Nov 16, 1971
Last air date: Dec 21, 1971
Episode: 6 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 7
Keywords:casanova, miniseries
