Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni

176 mins | Drama, Music | Nov. 6, 1979

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!

Don Giovanni

176 mins | Drama, Music | Nov. 6, 1979

Don Giovanni
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!
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione, Janus Film und Fernsehen, Caméra One, France 2, Opéra National de Paris
Original title Don Giovanni
Directors Joseph Losey
Writers Rolf Liebermann, Patricia Losey, Frantz Salieri, Lorenzo da Ponte, Joseph Losey

Cast

Ruggero Raimondi

as Don Giovanni

José van Dam

as Leporello

Kiri Te Kanawa

as Donna Elvira

Edda Moser

as Donna Anna

Teresa Berganza

as Zerlina

Kenneth Riegel

as Don Ottavio

Malcolm King

as Masetto

John Macurdy

as The Commendatore

Lorin Maazel

as Conductor