Casanova 70 (1965)

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

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Writers:

Agenore Incrocci (story and screenplay) (as Age), Furio Scarpelli (story and screenplay) (as Scarpelli)

Stars:

Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Marisa Mell

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Il maggiore Andrea Rossi-Colombotti
Virna Lisi	...	Gigliola
Marisa Mell	...	Thelma
Enrico Maria Salerno	...	Lo psicanalista (as Enrico M. Salerno)
Liana Orfei	...	La domatrice di leoni
Guido Alberti	...	Il monsignore
Beba Loncar	...	La ragazza del museo
Moira Orfei	...	Santina
Margaret Lee	...	Lolly
Rosemary Dexter	...	La cameriera
Jolanda Modio	...	Addolorata
Seyna Seyn	...	Indonesian Airline Hostess
Luciana Paoli	...	La moglie del droghiere
Ivo Garrani	...	Il avvocato
Mario Feliciani	...	Il procuratore

Storyline

Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, a U.N. official and modern-day Casanova, cannot get aroused unless there's danger in sex, but women and society are too compliant, so he's often impotent. A psychiatrist warns him it will get worse, and he should be celibate. Andrea tries and fails at that, abandons his fiancée, finds the occasional life-threatening liaison, and pursues a woman tethered to a dull but murderous husband. Will Andrea find pleasure and fulfillment, or is he doomed to pursue and then go limp when the pursuit is successful?

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Plot Keywords:

fetishism | fetishist | fetish | womanizer | promiscuous man | 

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Taglines:

Margie...the general's wife who conducts a campaign that catches him with his flanks exposed!

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Genres:

Drama | Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

11 August 1965 (France)

Also Known As:

Casanova 70

Filming Locations:

France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Euro International Film (EIA),Compagnia Cinematografica Champion,Les Films Concordia

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Italian censorship visa # 45595 delivered on 8-9-1965.

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Quotes

Major Andrea Rossi-Colombotti: [to the doctor] My earliest memory is of making a pair of stilts and walking on them around my hometown. The women's bedrooms were on the second floor back in those days...
[a man catches Andrea peeping into his house, and grabs a machete... ]
Major Andrea Rossi-Colombotti: Believe me, Doctor, I can give you a hundred stories like that one...

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Crazy Credits

The film title, true to its name, follows all the credits of the main female cast members.

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Connections

Referenced in The Game (1968)

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Soundtracks

Adios Muchachos
Written by Sanders, Vedani
Ed. Suvini ZErboni

User Reviews

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.