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CASANOVA, EPISODE 6: GOLDEN APPLES (TV)
Summary
In his six-part drama "Casanova," British author Dennis Potter strives to communicate the relevance of the 18-century libertine to a contemporary seventies audience. For Potter the historical character Casanova "was concerned with religious and sexual freedom, and these are the things we have to address ourselves to now." Much of the series is a complex intercutting between Casanova's amorous adventures and his confinement in jail, where he philosophizes on the nature of freedom. In the sixth and final episode, Casanova (Finlay) is in Germany, working as a librarian in a duke's castle. While writing his memoirs, he recalls his great escape he made from a prison in Venice with the help of a jailed priest (Hammond).
Details
- NETWORK: BBC (United Kingdom)
- DATE: December 21, 1971
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:35
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:23594
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; International Collection - United Kingdom
- SERIES RUN: BBC (United Kingdom) - TV series, 1971
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Mark Shivas … Producer
- Fraser Lowden … Associate Producer
- Mark Cullingham … Director
- Dennis Potter … Writer
- Frank Finlay … Cast, Casanova
- Norman Rossington … Cast, Lorenzo
- Graham Crowden … Cast, Feldkirchner
- Gillian Hills … Cast, Caroline
- John Ringham … Cast, Doctor Rasp
- Roger Hammond … Cast, Father Balbi
- Patrick Newell … Cast, Schalon
- Zienia Merton … Cast, Cristina
- Christine Noonan … Cast, Barberina
- Ania Marson … Cast, Anne Roman-Coupier
- Lyn Yeldham … Cast, Genoveffa
- Gillian Brown … Cast, Nun
- Valerie Gearon … Cast, Pauline
- Julia Cornelius … Cast, Rose
- Brigid Erin Bates … Cast, Manon
- Caroline Dowdeswell … Cast, Anna
- Elaine Donnelly … Cast, Helena
- Christopher Martin … Cast, Man with Knife
- Alfred Hoffman … Cast, Constable
- Ray Marioni … Cast, Constable