Casanova & Co.

Casanova & Company
Directed by Franz Antel as Francois Legrand
Produced by Franz Antel
Carl Szokoll
Written by Tom Priman
Joshua Sinclair
Starring Tony Curtis
Jean Lefebvre
Marisa Berenson
Britt Ekland
Music by Riz Ortolani
Cinematography Hanns Matula
Edited by Michel Lewin
Distributed by PRO International Pictures
(USA 1979)
Prima Film
(Canada 1979)
Monterey Home Video
(USA VHS 1996
Release dates
 Italy:
March 1, 1977
West Germany:
April 28, 1977:
France:
August 3, 1977
Sweden:
September 19, 1977:
United Kingdom:
1978
Finland:
August 18, 1978:
United States(premiere):
January, 1979
Denmark:
March 5, 1979:
United States:
March 9, 1979
Running time
 Germany:
104 minutes
United States:
100 minutes
Language German
English (dubbed)

Casanova & Co. is a 1977 period comedy film starring Tony Curtis. It has many titles during its international release. These are Casanova & Company (Italy), Casanova - sänkykamarivaras (Finland), Enas trellos, poly trellos Kazanovas (Greece), Hilfe, ich bin eine männliche Jungfrau (West Germany), Sex on the Run (USA) (reissue title), Some Like It Cool (USA), The Amorous Mis-Adventures of Casanova (USA) (video title), The Rise and Rise of Casanova (UK), and Treize femmes pour Casanova (France)).[1]

The plot revolves around the adventures of Giacomo Casanova with various women, and a visit to the Republic of Venice by an Ottoman delegation, including a Sultana and her retinue.[2][3]

Plot

While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova (Tony Curtis), the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Jacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arab Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night with the legendary lover. Through a series of erotic encounters and mistaken-identity comedies, Jacomo and Jacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife.[2][3]

Synopsis

In a way, the USA title of Some Like It Cool was a piquant comment on the career of star Tony Curtis, whose stardom had chilled since his 1959 appearance in Some Like It Hot. This time around, Curtis plays famed 18th-century lover Giacomo Casanova. The plot would have us believe that Casanova has suddenly turned impotent, and is deploying all manner of subterfuge to hide the fact. One of Casanova's stratagems is to hire a look-alike (also Curtis) to uphold his reputation between the sheets. The stellar supporting cast — Marisa Berenson, Hugh Griffith, Britt Ekland et al. — seem far more embarrassed by their tawdry, topless surroundings than Curtis, who steamrolls his way through the film with the same dogged determination that he'd demonstrated in his "Yonda lies the castle of my fadduh" formative years.[2][3]

Cast

Critical response

Video releases

DVD release October 5, 2004[6]

References

  1. ↑ mcomet.com, Casanova & Co. alternate titles, Retrieved 10-28-2008
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 tcm.com, Casanova & Co. at Turner Classic Movies, Retrieved 10-26-2008
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 showbizdata.com, Casanova & Co. at Showbizdata, Retrieved 10-26-2008
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 tcm.com, Casanova & Co. complete cast and crew listing at Turner Classic Movies, Retrieved 10-26-2008
  5. ↑ dvdcdgame.com, review of Casanova & Co., Retrieved 10-26-2008
  6. ↑ aveleyman.com, DVD release information, Retrieved 10-26-2008

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