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The Loves of Casanova
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Wikipedia article
'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.Hamilton, Nigel. 'Biography: A Brief History'. Harvard University Press, 2009. p. 302. . . 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 Mosjoukine as Casanova
*Suzanne Bianchetti as Catherine II
*Diana Karenne as Maria, Duchess de Lardi
*Jenny Jugo as Thrse
*Rina De Liguoro as Corticelli
*Nina Koshetz as Countess Vorontzoff
*Raymond Bouamerane as Djimmy
*Olga Day as Lady Stanhope
*Albert Decoeur as Duke of Bayreuth
*Dimitri Dimitriev as Lord Stanhope
*Paul Franceschi
*Paul Guid as Gregori Orloff
*Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Czar Peter III
*Nathalie Lissenko
*Michel Simon as henchman
*Carlo Tedeschi as Menucci
*Maria Ivogn as soprano
Costume design
Boris Bilinsky designed with Barbara Karinska who went on to win an Oscar in 1948 for her color costume design on 'Joan of Arc.'
References
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