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7.5/10   337 votes
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Director:
Joseph Losey
Writers:
Lorenzo da Ponte (libretto)
Frantz Salieri (collaboration)
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Release Date:
16 March 1980 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Music more
Plot:
Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
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Cinema marries opera more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mozart's Don Giovanni
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Runtime:
Spain:179 min | Italy:184 min | USA:184 min | France:185 min | West Germany:175 min
Language:
Italian
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | West Germany:6 (f) | Australia:G | Finland:S | UK:PG (re-rating) (1991)
Filming Locations:
Venice, Veneto, Italy more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Cinema marries opera, 11 May 2001
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Author: valadas from Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

To make a movie based on an opera is a different thing from filming an opera on stage. Cinema and opera are 2 different forms of art each one with its specific techniques. Nevertheless one can be at the other's service and if the match is excellent the merits of them both will be enhanced. That's what happens with this excellent movie where we can enjoy Mozart's music and the singing talents of such extraordinary artists like Kiri Te Kanawa and others besides a lot of gorgeous and dynamic movie images, sceneries, shots and superb cut and editing. The plot everyone knows: the adventures and misadventures of D. Giovanni the king of philanderers of all times and a more or less disguised attack on aristocracy and its immoral behaviour. We are on the eve of the French Revolution and as everybody also knows Mozart was a freemason and a democrat.

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