Don Giovanni

Nov 6, 1979

2h 56m

★ 6.9

Overview

Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, (whom Giovanni killed) makes his appearance. He offers Giovanni one last chance to repent for his multitudinious improprieties. He will not change his ways So, he is sucked down into hell by evil spirits. High drama, hysterical comedy, magnificent music!

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Gaumont

Camera One

Opera Film Produzione

France 2

Janus Film und Fernsehen

Opéra National de Paris

Don Giovanni Trailers

Cast

Don Giovanni

Ruggero Raimondi

The Commendatore

John Macurdy

Donna Anna

Edda Moser

Donna Elvira

Kiri Te Kanawa

Don Ottavio

Kenneth Riegel

Leporello

José van Dam

Zerlina

Teresa Berganza

Masetto

Malcolm King

A Valet in Black

Eric Adjani

Gianfranco Quero

Roberto Del Lago

Sandro Dal Pra

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A romantic, strong-willed, and beautiful-voiced girl named Alevtina (Alka) falls in love with a married man named Sergey. The fire of her love ignites a passionate response in Sergey, who was previously happy in his marriage but now finds himself torn between his loyal wife, Lyuba, and the beautiful Alka. What should Lyuba do – accept and let go, or fight for her husband? Does Alka have a right to her love, even though she was "born late" and her rival got there first? The opera raises universal and timeless issues of love, duty, and rights, which every generation and every individual must face again and again.

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9.0

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