Casanova

Casanova (2005)

Timing: 1:52 (112 min)

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Release date

2005-12-25

Country

United States

Production

Touchstone Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company, Power, Gondola Pictures

Genre

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$37 691 644

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Director

Lasse Hallström

Actors

Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin, Omid Djalili, Stephen Greif, Ken Stott, Helen McCrory, Leigh Lawson
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Scenario

Jeffrey Hatcher, Kimberly Simi

Producer

Leslie Holleran, Mark Gordon, Betsy Beers, Gary Levinsohn, Su Armstrong, Adam Merims

Operator

Oliver Stapleton

Composer

Alexandre Desplat

Artist

Audition

Ronna Kress, Priscilla John

Editing

Andrew Mondshein
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• Unlike many other characters in the film, Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is a historical figure. Francesca Bruni, for example, is a fictional character. She first appeared on screen in Norman Z. McLeod’s “Casanova’s Big Night” (1954), played by Joan Fontaine (1917-2013).
• Some elements of the script were borrowed from William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) "The Merchant of Venice" (1596). For example, Francesca Bruni disguises herself as a man to attend a court session. Jeremy Irons and Charlie Cox, who starred in Michael Radford's "The Merchant of Venice" (2004), played in the film "Casanova".
• Fleeing the Inquisition at the beginning of the film, Casanova jumps through a window into a building of the Venetian University. Such a university never existed. In reality, the actor jumped through a window into the Teatro Olimpico – a theater in Vicenza designed by architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) at the end of the Renaissance. Completed by the master's student, the theater opened on March 3, 1585, and served as a model for theaters around the world.
• Unlike many other characters in the film, Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is a historical figure. Francesca Bruni, for example, is a fictional character. She first appeared on screen in Norman Z. McLeod's "Casanova's Big Night" (1954), played by Joan Fontaine (1917-2013).
• Some elements of the script were borrowed from William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) "The Merchant of Venice" (1596). For example, Francesca Bruni disguises herself as a man to attend a court session. Jeremy Irons and Charlie Cox, who starred in Michael Radford's "The Merchant of Venice" (2004), played roles in "Casanova".
• Filming of the film began on July 9, 2004, in Italy.