Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Nov 16, 1971
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1 - 1Steed in the Stable Nov 16, 1971 -
1 - 2One at a Time Nov 23, 1971
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1 - 3Magic Moments Nov 30, 1971
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1 - 4Window, Window Dec 07, 1971
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1 - 5Fevers of Love Dec 14, 1971
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1 - 6Golden Apples Dec 21, 1971
Overview
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.
Year 1971
Studio BBC Two
Director Dennis Potter
Popularity 1.1404
Language English
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