The aged Casanova is living out his days as the custodian of a library in Bohemia when he meets young serving girl Edith. He begins to tell her about his infamous escapades as a young man, when he scandalised Europe and was exiled from his native Venice for crimes against the government and church. Wandering through Enlightenment Europe, Casanova reinvents himself constantly as a poet, philosopher, spy, black magician, petty conman and, of course, lover. Eventually incurring the wrath of the Venetian ambassador to Britain, Grimani, after he falls in love with his wife, Henriette, Wounded in a duel with Grimani, Casanova returns home but is unable to forget the one woman he truly loves.
Starring – David Tennant, Rose Byrne, Peter O’Toole
Directed by – Sheree Folkson
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