Overview

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.

Details

50 min BBC Two Ended NO GB EN Drama 5 votes

Episodes

• E01 Steed in the Stable16. 11. 1971
• E02 One at a Time23. 11. 1971
• E03 Magic Moments30. 11. 1971
• E04 Window, Window07. 12. 1971
• E05 Fevers of Love14. 12. 1971
• E06 Golden Apples21. 12. 1971