Casanova 53 years old

The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, but in this six-part series Dennis Potter attempted to find a contemporary relevance through his central themes of sex and religion. He commented that Casanova "was concerned with religious and sexual freedom, and these are the things we have to address ourselves to now." Casanova was imprisoned in Venice in 1755, and Potter used that event as a central device, constantly inter-cutting to contrast Casanova's amorous escapades, radiant, joyful and brightly lit, with his oppressive solitary confinement in the gloom of a half-darkened cell.

Credits

Cast

Name	Character
Frank Finlay He was 45 , 89 years old when he died	as Casanova
Norman Rossington He was 42 , 70 years old when he died	as Lorenzo
Christine Noonan She was 26 , 58 years old when she died	as Barberina

Crew

Name	Job title
Dennis Potter Writing He was 36 , 59 years old when he died	Writer
Mark Cullingham Directing	Director