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The Loves of Casanova

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The Loves of Casanova
Directed byAlexandre Volkoff
Written byNorbert Falk
Alexandre Volkoff
Ivan Mosjoukine
Produced byNoë Bloch
Gregor Rabinovitch
StarringIvan Mosjoukine
Suzanne Bianchetti
Diana Karenne
Jenny Jugo
Rina De Liguoro
CinematographyFédote Bourgasoff
Léonce-Henri Burel
Nikolai Toporkoff
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé
Release date
  • 23 December 1927 (1927-12-23)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesSilent Version
French Intertitle
Sound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

The Loves of Casanova or Casanova is a 1927 French Historical drama film directed by Alexandre Volkoff and starring Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti and Diana Karenne.[1] The film portrays the life and adventures of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798). Many of those involved with the film were Russian emigres who had come to France following the Russian Revolution. A sound version was prepared in 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer in 1929. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.

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Cast

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Music

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The sound version features a theme song entitled “Until the Moon” by Julian Wright (words) and Horace Shepherd (music).

Costume design

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Boris Bilinsky designed with Barbara Karinska who went on to win an Oscar in 1948 for her color costume design on Joan of Arc.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hamilton, Nigel. Biography: A Brief History. Harvard University Press, 2009. p. 302. ASIN B0957SQ7T9. ISBN 0674024664.
  2. ^ Variety Staff (20 March 2002). "Costume Design Oscar Winners 1948 – 2000". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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