The Loves of Casanova

The Loves of Casanova
Directed by	Alexandre Volkoff
Produced by	Noë Bloch Gregor Rabinovitch
Written by	Norbert Falk Alexandre Volkoff Ivan Mozzhukhin
Starring	Ivan Mozzhukhin Suzanne Bianchetti Diana Karenne Jenny Jugo Rina De Liguoro
Cinematography	Fédote Bourgasoff Léonce-Henri Burel Nikolai Toporkoff
Production company	Ciné-Alliance Deulig Europa-Produktion Société des Cinéromans
Distributed by	Pathé
Release dates	23 December 1927 (1927-12-23)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	France
Language	Silent French intertitles

The Loves of Casanova or Casanova is a 1927 French historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti and Diana Karenne. The film portrays the life and adventures of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798). Many of those involved with the film were Russian emigres who had come to France following the Russian Revolution.

Cast

• Ivan Mozzhukhin as Casanova
• Suzanne Bianchetti as Catherine II
• Diana Karenne as Maria, Duchess de Lardi
• Jenny Jugo as Thérèse
• Rina De Liguoro as Corticelli
• Nina Koshetz as Countess Vorontzoff
• Raymond Bouamerane as Djimmy
• Olga Day as Lady Stanhope
• Albert Decoeur as Duc de Bayreuth
• Dimitri Dimitriev as Lord Stanhope
• Paul Franceschi
• Paul Guidé as Gregori Orloff
• Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Le Tsar Peter III
• Nathalie Lissenko
• Michel Simon as Sbire
• Carlo Tedeschi as Menucci
• Maria Ivogün as Soprano

Bibliography

• Hamilton, Nigel. Biography: A Brief History. Harvard University Press, 2009.

External links

• The Loves of Casanova at IMDb