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16 March 1980 (West Germany) morePlot:
Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
My favorite moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ruggero Raimondi | ... | Don Giovanni |
| John Macurdy | ... | The Commendatore |
| Edda Moser | ... | Donna Anna |
| Kiri Te Kanawa | ... | Donna Elvira |
| Kenneth Riegel | ... | Don Ottavio |
| José van Dam | ... | Leporello |
| Teresa Berganza | ... | Zerlina |
| Malcolm King | ... | Masetto |
| Eric Adjani | ... | A Valet in Black |
| Roberto Del Lago | ||
| Sandro Dal Pra | ||
| Cristina Fondi | ||
| Patrizia Murari | ||
| Cristina Nizzero | ||
| Simonetta Noce |
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West Germany:175 min | USA:184 min | France:185 min | Spain:179 min | Italy:184 minLanguage:
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This is a wonderful film, the only non-stage performance I've ever seen of this incredible opera. I saw it a million years ago in college and have probably watched it a dozen times over the years. Raimondi is demonically compelling as the Don, wicked, handsome, sardonic, and Van Dam plays off him as Leporello just wonderfully, balancing humor and pathos. Riegel's Ottavio is just as he should be, a humorless square, and Te Kanawa soars as Elvira. My only casting complaint is with Moser as Anna; she sounds very shrill. I liked the hint that perhaps Anna was, despite appearances, actually quite attracted to the Don as well; her protestations to the lumpish Ottavio that she thought it was actually he who'd come to her bedroom didn't persuade (and frankly, I've always wondered why he was such a putz as to buy it). The settings are lush and lovely, including Palladio's Villa Rotonda. Of course some of the lip-syncing is off a bit, but that's to be expected. I also eagerly await a day when this film is available on DVD.