Casanova '70 (1965)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Writers:

Agenore Incrocci (story) &
Furio Scarpelli (story) ...

Release Date:

11 August 1965 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Tagline:

Made in all the loveliest places.

Plot:

The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations. |

Plot Keywords:

Apostrophe In Title | Nudity | Female Nudity | Italian Comedy | Digit In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins

Cast

Marcello Mastroianni	...	Major Andrea Rossi-Colombotti
Virna Lisi	...	Gigliola
Marisa Mell	...	Thelma
Michèle Mercier	...	Noelle
Enrico Maria Salerno	...	Professore (psychiatrist)
Liana Orfei	...	Lion Tamer
Guido Alberti	...	Monsignore
Beba Loncar
Moira Orfei	...	Santina
Margaret Lee	...	Lolly
Rosemary Dexter	...	Maid
Jolanda Modio	...	Addolorata
Seyna Seyn	...	Indonesian Airline Hostess
Luciana Paoli
Marco Ferreri	...	Count

Runtime:

USA:113 min | Argentina:115 min | West Germany:116 min | UK:113 min | France:125 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Argentina:16

Company:

Euro International Film (EIA)

Trivia:

This film, as its tagline states, was shot on location in the countries of Italy, Burma, Switzerland, France and Germany.

Quotes:

Gigliola: You left me once, and you'll leave me again.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)

Soundtrack:

I sing' ammore

Colourful Sixties Italian comedy

"Casanova '70" is a colourful movie directed by Mario Monicelli, one of the Italian comedy masters. The film follows the sexual adventures of Andrea (Marcello Mastroianni), a handsome "Casanova" who thinks being impotent, in reality he only needs danger for being excited and conquer women...

The film is a product of its time (we clearly see that we're in 1965!), but it's funny and teases the myth of Italian "macho". The merit of the picture is talking about sex without being vulgar. Mastroianni shows a comical approach and is at ease, also the rest of the cast enjoy (we see, among others, gorgeous women like Virna Lisi, Michèle Mercier and Marisa Mell...). In a role -Mell's husband- we find Italian director Marco Ferreri, famous for "outrageous" movies like "La grande bouffe", "Tales of ordinary madness", "Bye bye Monkey" and long time friend of Marcello Mastroianni.

Once more, when we see such films we miss an extremely vivacious Italian cinema which doesn't exist any more.