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    1979 · Musical · 2h 56m

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  1. Germany. Language. Italian. Budget. $7,000,000 US dollars [1] Don Giovanni is a 1979 French-Italian film directed by Joseph Losey. It is an adaptation of Mozart 's classic 1787 opera Don Giovanni, based on the Don Juan legend of a seducer, destroyed by his excesses. The opera itself has been called one of Mozart's "trio of masterpieces".

  2. Nov 14, 1979 · Don Giovanni: Directed by Joseph Losey. With Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa. Mozart's opera in lush sets: Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, kills Donna Anna's father.

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    • Drama, Music
    • Joseph Losey
    • 1979-11-14
  3. Brief Synopsis. 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.

    • Joseph Losey
    • Ruggero Raimondi
  4. In the second act, Don Giovanni is in a cemetery at night when a voice from a statue asks him to leave the dead in peace. He invites the statue to dinner. The statue, which is in fact Il Commendatore, shows up at Don Giovanni's. Grabbing the hand of Don Giovanni, the statue asks him to repent. Don Giovanni refuses and is engulfed in the flames ...

  5. Review by AJ ★★★ 1. The old is dying and the new cannot be born. I'm familiar enough with Don Giovanni and the general story to know the character and the narrative, and it does feel like a great fit for Losey. Giovanni is singular, self-destructive, and committed body and soul to his ideals - just like nearly everyone of Losey's main ...

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    • Gaumont
    • Joseph Losey
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  8. Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Joseph Losey's 1979 film adaptation of the Mozart opera Don Giovanni adheres faithfully to the original Lorenzo Da Ponte libretto, with rakish Don Giovanni (Ruggero Raimondi) putting the make on the aristocratic Dona Anna (Edda Moser). Giovanni's enemies warn him that he'll suffer mightily for his amorous escapades.

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