Casanova (2005)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Lasse Hallström

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Hatcher (screenplay) and
Kimberly Simi (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

25 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A partially true story about lies told, virtue lost and love found.

Plot:

Heath Ledger plays the fabled romantic as a man who, after failing to win the affection of a particular Venetian woman, strives to discover the real meaning of love.

Plot Keywords:

Nun's Habit | Fornication | Gallow | Arrest | Bishop

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Oct. 12

1:00 PM

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Cast

Heath Ledger	...	Casanova
Sienna Miller	...	Francesca Bruni
Jeremy Irons	...	Pucci
Oliver Platt	...	Paprizzio
Lena Olin	...	Andrea
Omid Djalili	...	Lupo
Stephen Greif	...	Donato
Ken Stott	...	Dalfonso
Helen McCrory	...	Casanova's Mother
Leigh Lawson	...	Mother's Lover / Tito
Tim McInnerny	...	The Doge
Charlie Cox	...	Giovanni Bruni
Natalie Dormer	...	Victoria
Philip Davis	...	Guardi (as Phil Davis)
Paddy Ward	...	Vittorio
Ben Moor	...	Andolini
Adelmo Togliani	...	Fulvio
Lidia Biondi	...	Casanova's Grandmother
Eugene Simon	...	Casanova at 11
Robert Levine	...	Cardinal Lopresta
Lauren Cohan	...	Sister Beatrice
Danielle Baker	...	Sister Magdalene
Clive Riche	...	Prof. Bennetto
Marta Bellocchio	...	Beautiful Masked Woman
Adriano Iurissevich	...	Masked Casanova Actor
Giorgio Bertan	...	Actor
Niall Buggy	...	Bookseller / Printer
Simonetta Bortolozzi	...	Beautiful Woman in Bookshop
Francis Pardeilhan	...	Customs Officer
Enzo Turrin	...	Maggiordomo
Carolina Levi	...	Bruni's Maid
Paola Pessot	...	Lolling Street Walker
Elisabeth Riva	...	Prostitute
Monica Vallerini	...	Whore #3
Nicholas Raymond Capriati	...	Boy
Naike Rivelli	...	Dark Haired Beauty
Sara Guerra	...	Fair Haired Woman
Marta Paola Richeldi	...	Another Woman
Giorgia Riccardi	...	Another Beauty
Kristy DiBiccari	...	Woman in Bookshop (as Kristy Dibiccari)
Jessica Seaton	...	Plain Woman in Bookshop
Anna Gaia Marchioro	...	Plain Looking Woman
Lorenzo Felisatti	...	Laughing Man
Roy Doliner	...	Dalfonso's Secretary
Silvia Nanni	...	Whispering Woman
Paolo De Giorgio	...	Young Man (as Paolo De Giorgiro)
Alessandro Bressanello	...	Flunkey Captain
Katarina Volgyiova	...	Society Woman
Davide Bozzato	...	Drunken Reveller
Catherine Gault	...	Reveller
Renzo Martini	...	Beadle
Laura Pigozzo	...	Woman
Federico Scridel	...	Casanova Actor
Manuella Massimi	...	Lady Actress
Tommy Körberg	...	Gondola Singer
Bryan Korenberg	...	Man in Brothel
Bimba	...	Pig
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrea Osvárt	...	Fair Haired Beauty (uncredited)

Directed by
Lasse Hallström

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeffrey Hatcher		(screenplay) and
Kimberly Simi		(screenplay)
Kimberly Simi		(story) and
Michael Cristofer		(story)

Produced by
Su Armstrong	....	executive producer
Betsy Beers	....	producer
Guido Cerasuolo	....	co-producer
Michel Cheyko	....	associate producer (as Mishka Cheyko)
Mark Gordon	....	producer
Leslie Holleran	....	producer
Gary Levinsohn	....	executive producer
Adam Merims	....	executive producer
Richard L. Fox	....	supervising producer: second unit (uncredited)

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Oliver Stapleton		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andrew Mondshein

Casting by
Priscilla John
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
David Gropman

Art Direction by
Susanna Codognato
Robert Guerra		(supervising art director)
Luca Tranchino

Set Decoration by
Anna Pinnock

Costume Design by
Jenny Beavan

Makeup Department
Ambra Bellotto	....	makeup artist
Angela Bolli	....	hair stylist
Jana Carboni	....	makeup artist
Maria Vittoria Cascioli	....	hair stylist
Sabrina Catucci	....	makeup artist
Irene Cavalli	....	makeup artist
Rita Cecchini	....	hair stylist
Luigina Centi	....	wigs maker
Elena Cippolato	....	makeup artist (as Elena Cipolato)
Dalia Colli	....	makeup artist
Dalia Colli	....	makeup supervisor: second unit
Desideria Corridoni	....	hair stylist (as Desiree Corridoni)
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	hair designer
Antonella Cozza	....	makeup artist
Lamberto Deli	....	hair stylist
Teresa Di Serio	....	hair stylist
Massimiliano Duranti	....	hair stylist (as Massimiliano Durante)
Alessandro Filippi	....	makeup artist
Paolo Franceschi	....	hair stylist
Paola Genovese	....	hair stylist
Mirella Ginnoto	....	hair stylist
Rossella Gregorio	....	makeup artist (as Rosella Gregorio)
Aurelio Guzman	....	lab work
Carla Indoni	....	hair stylist
Frank Ippolito	....	lab work (as Frank Ippilio)
Federica Jacoponi	....	makeup artist (as Federica Iacoponi)
Jamie Kelman	....	prosthetics applier: Oliver Platt
Maurilio Lazzaro	....	hair stylist
Elda Magnanti	....	hair stylist
Michela Mainenti	....	makeup artist
Centanni Marisa	....	hair stylist
Piero Marsiglio	....	makeup artist
Alberto Moccia	....	hair stylist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	prosthetics designer: Oliver Platt
Samankta Mura	....	hair stylist
Corrado Pastore	....	hair stylist
Mario Pegoretti	....	hair stylist
Mario Pegoretti	....	hair supervisor: second unit
Stefania Petrini	....	hair stylist
Tiziana Rangeri	....	hair stylist
Mariangela Righetti	....	makeup artist
Roberto Rodriguez	....	sculptor
Sharin Sabatini	....	hair stylist (as Sharrim Sabatin)
Katia Sisto	....	makeup artist (as Caterina Sisto)
Vittorio Sodano	....	makeup artist
Vittorio Sodano	....	prosthetics applier: Charlie Cox
Gino Tamagnini	....	key makeup artist
Gino Tamagnini	....	prosthetics applier: Charlie Cox
Gino Tamagnini	....	prosthetics designer: Charlie Cox
Emanuele Tasca	....	makeup artist
Lisa Valota	....	hair stylist
Consuelo Vitturi	....	hair stylist
Alessandra Zampieri	....	makeup artist
Fulvio Zucconi	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Enrico Ballarin	....	unit production manager
Dominique De Langes	....	unit manager: second unit (as Dominique 'Didi' De Langes)
Davide Lamberti	....	assistant unit manager: Vicenza
Gianluca Leurini	....	production manager
Paul A. Levin	....	post-production supervisor
Claudio Lucchese	....	assistant unit manager
Nicola Rosada	....	unit manager
Guido Salsilli	....	production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matteo Bardelli	....	floor assistant director
Franco Basaglia	....	second second assistant director
Consuelo Bidorini	....	third assistant director
Michel Cheyko	....	first assistant director (as Mishka Cheyko)
Sergio Ercolessi	....	first assistant director: second unit
Edoardo Ferretti	....	second second assistant director
Richard Graysmark	....	second assistant director
Brittany Hymore	....	assistant director: base camp
Giorgia Marangoni	....	co-second assistant director
Barbara Pastrovich	....	second assistant director: second unit
Elena Piaggi	....	floor assistant director
Kimble Rendall	....	second unit director

Art Department
Emiliano Achilli	....	gondola carpenter
Alessandro Alberti	....	art director: second unit
Alessandro Alberti	....	assistant art director
Marco Angelucci	....	gondola carpenter
Nicola Aramu	....	assistant painter
Claudio Arrabito	....	assistant carpenter
Daniel Bacciu	....	props master assistant
Daniel Bacciu	....	stand-by props master
Daniel Bacciu	....	stand-by props: second unit
Andrea Bari	....	stand-by props assistant
Stefano Bernabei	....	painter
Massimo Bertazzoni	....	gondola carpenter
Matteo Bertelli	....	set designer
Flavio Bertini	....	on-set dresser
Fabio Bianco	....	assistant carpenter
Alvise Bittente	....	assistant carpenter
Fabio Bozzetti	....	art department coordinator
Barnaba Brombin	....	gondola carpenter
Georgia Bubini	....	art department production assistant
Nicoletta Buggio	....	draper assistant
Giuseppe Cagnoni	....	dressing assistant
Aurelio Calzuola	....	greensman
Giuseppe Cancellara	....	head blacksmith
Matteo Caocci	....	assistant carpenter
Antonio Capoccia	....	gondola carpenter
Dimitri Capuani	....	assistant art director
Stefano Carbonaro	....	dressing assistant
Cristina Cecili	....	painter
Alessandro Cedoloni	....	head plasterer
Mauro Cedoloni	....	plasterer
Marcello Cerasuolo	....	dressing assistant
Marco Cerizza	....	assistant carpenter
Adriano Cingolani	....	draper assistant
Roberto Cingolani	....	head draper
Mattia Clanetti	....	assistant carpenter
Fergus Clegg	....	set dressing buyer
Giovanni Coletti	....	assistant carpenter
Franco Contini	....	gondola carpenter
Michel Courtemanche	....	blacksmith
Luca Cristofoli	....	assistant carpenter
Jean Paul Decavel	....	painter
Lorenzo Dominici	....	gondola carpenter
Tommaso Dubla	....	head painter
Sandro Erdolini	....	painter (as Sandro Ercolini)
Aldo Femiani	....	plasterer
Alfonso Fortunati	....	painter
Massimiliano Foytik	....	assistant painter
Antonella Franceschini	....	sculptor
Giuseppe Gafagna	....	head painter: boats (as Giuseppe Cafagna)
Andrea Gallenda	....	assistant painter
Egidio Gallo	....	gondola carpenter
Ruggero Gamba	....	props buyer
Cora Gianolla	....	dressing assistant
Alfio Giardina	....	blacksmith
Gioacchino Paolo Giardina	....	gondola carpenter (as Gioacchino Giardina)
Alessandro Greselin	....	assistant carpenter
Gisella Ingrassia	....	stand-by painter
Bryan Korenberg	....	property master
Sabina Lepri	....	construction coordinator
Roberto Magagnini	....	dressing foreman
Domenico Mancino	....	blacksmith
Mauro Martinuzzi	....	assistant painter
Giulio Masieri	....	painter
Brick Mason	....	storyboard artist
Mauro Masotti	....	draper assistant
Luca Massarotto	....	dressing assistant
Ventura Massimiliano	....	dressing assistant (as Massimiliano Ventura)
Luca Migliaresi	....	sculptor
Chiara Molon	....	art department production assistant
Antonio Motolese	....	sculptor
Francesco Motolese	....	head sculptor
Fabrizio Mucci	....	assistant carpenter
Matteo Nazzari	....	assistant painter
David Orlandelli	....	storyboard artist
Giovanni Pajalich	....	assistant carpenter
Arianna Pascazi	....	painter (as Arianna Pascazzi)
Massimo Pauletto	....	assistant art director
Pietro Petri	....	gondola carpenter
Ivan Pirolli	....	painter (as Ivano Piroli)
Paolo Pugiotto	....	gondola carpenter
Alessandra Querzola	....	leadman
Alessandra Querzola	....	set dresser
Nicolaj Raichevich	....	gondola carpenter
Paolo Ricci	....	gondola carpenter
Luigi Riitano	....	construction estimator
Veronica Rosafio	....	dressing assistant
Marco Rossiello	....	greensman
Attilio Rufini	....	blacksmith
Giovanni Battista Russo	....	head carpenter (as Giovan Battista Russo)
Angelo Sabbadini	....	assistant carpenter
Lauretta Salvagnin	....	draper assistant
Linda Segala	....	sculptor
Fulvio Sergianni	....	gondola carpenter
Fulvio Sergianni	....	stand-by carpenter
Luigi Sergianni	....	construction coordinator supervisor
Massimo Sergianni	....	construction manager
Alessandro Tassi	....	gondola carpenter
Anita Tomaselli	....	art department coordinator assistant
Alberto Tommasini	....	gondola carpenter
Zamarchi Tommaso	....	dressing assistant
Matteo Torcinovich	....	assistant painter
Lorenzo Vitturi	....	painter

Sound Department
Andy Aaron	....	sound effects recordist
David Boulton	....	adr mixer: New York
David A. Cohen	....	dialogue editor (as David Cohen)
Ben Conrad	....	foley mixer
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Dikkers	....	sound effects recordist
Adriano Di Lorenzo	....	cable man
Robert Fernandez	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Hartman	....	assistant sound editor
Harry Higgins	....	re-recording engineer
Michael Kirchberger	....	sound designer
Michael Kirchberger	....	supervising sound editor
Mathew Knights	....	adr mixer: London
Bruce Lacey	....	foley editor
Jane McCulley	....	supervising adr editor (as Jane Mcculley)
Everett Moore	....	sound effects editor
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist
Jesse Nichols	....	foley recordist
Margie O'Malley	....	foley artist
Barry O'Sullivan	....	boom operator
Dino Raini	....	sound mixer: second unit
Fabio Santesarti	....	boom operator: second unit
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Louise Sinclair	....	adr mixer: London
Allie Sultan	....	apprentice sound editor
Marco Tidu	....	sound effects recordist
Roland Vajs	....	assistant adr editor
Roy Waldspurger	....	sound effects editor
Deborah Wallach	....	adr editor
Kay Denmark	....	adr boom (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Danilo Bollettini	....	special effects technician
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects supervisor
Duilio Olmi	....	special effects rigger
Franco Ragusa	....	special effects technician
Silvano Scasseddu	....	special effects: second unit
Valek Sykes	....	puppet designer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ryan Beadle	....	I/O: Custom Film Effects
Justin Brandstater	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts
Steve Caldwell	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Dennis Dorney	....	digital editorial: Custom Film Effects
Mark Dornfeld	....	visual effects supervisor: Custom Film Effects
Syd Dutton	....	visual effects supervisor: Illusion Arts
Michele Ferrone	....	visual effects producer: Custom Film Effects
Collin Fowler	....	coordinator: Illusion Arts
Adam Gass	....	digital editorial: Custom Film Effects
Joseph Grossberg	....	compositor: Illusion Arts
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects (as RJ Harbour)
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator: Custom Film Effects
Mark Kenaston	....	roto: Illusion Arts
Michael Kory	....	3D artist: Illusion Arts
Adam Kowalski	....	compositor: Illusion Arts
Lynn Ledgerwood	....	special rigging: Illusion Arts
Mary E. Manning	....	3D artist: Illusion Arts (as Mary Manning)
Fumi Mashimo	....	animation supervisor: Illusion Arts
Kelvin McIlwain	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts
Michael Meyers	....	3D artist: Illusion Arts
Lori C. Miller	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects (as Lori Miller)
Robert Nall	....	roto: Illusion Arts
Roger Nall	....	roto: Illusion Arts
Chris Patterson	....	visual effects editor
Richard Patterson	....	digital supervisor: Illusion Arts
Laurie Powers	....	digital art director: Custom Film Effects
Michelle Rothburgh	....	film librarian: Illusion Arts
Mark Sawicki	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
Robert Scifo	....	matte artist: Illusion Arts (as Bob Scifo)
Jeff M. Sharar	....	roto: Illusion Arts (as Jeff Sharar)
Aaron Snow	....	system administrator: Illusion Arts
Mary C. Snyder	....	digital art director: Custom Film Effects
Catherine Sudolcan	....	visual effects producer: Illusion Arts
Bill Taylor	....	visual effects supervisor: Illusion Arts
Andrew Tucker	....	3D artist: Illusion Arts
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor: Custom Film Effects
David S. Williams Jr.	....	compositing supervisor: Illusion Arts
Mike Chambers	....	visual effects consultant (uncredited)
Carl Frytz	....	roto artist (uncredited)
Nicholas Kim	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Nicholas Kim	....	title design (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Steven J. Scott	....	digital intermediate colorist: EFilm (uncredited)

Stunts
Alessandro Borgese	....	stunt guard
Mauro Caterini	....	stunt guard
Walter Colombaioni	....	stunt double: Lupo
Umberto De Luca	....	stunt guard
Bruno Di Luia	....	stunt guard
Diego Guerra	....	stunt fencing double: Vittorio
Roberto Libertini	....	stunt rigger
Emiliano Novelli	....	stunt double: Giovanni (as Emilio Novelli)
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunt double: Casanova
Gianluca Petrazzi	....	stunt supervisor
Tatiana Romanova	....	stunt fencing double: Francesca
Tito Tomassini	....	stunt double: Donato
Pietro Torrisi	....	stunt guard
Massimiliano Ubaldi	....	stunt guard
Anna Maria Zamperla	....	stunt double: Casanova's Mother (as Annamaria Zamperla)
Rinaldo Zamperla	....	stunt guard (as Ronaldo Zamperla)
Massimiliano Bianchi	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
William Hobbs	....	fight choreographer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Marco Alzetta	....	best boy grip
Giovanni Andreotta	....	clapper loader: second unit
Massimiliano Anzellotti	....	grip: second unit
Werner Bacciu	....	key grip
Riccardo Baratto	....	rigging grip
Tommaso Baratto	....	dolly grip
Andrea Bassani	....	video: second unit
Leonardo Beltrame	....	best boy
Regis Benedettelli	....	rigging grip
Stefano Biscaro	....	key grip: second unit
Stefano 'Steve' Buosi	....	generator operator
Stefano Calcaterra	....	grip: second unit
Matteo Carlesimo	....	camera assistant: "b" camera, second unit
Tiziano Casanova	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Davide Ceccato	....	video assist assistant
Paolo Centoni	....	electrician
Andrea Chiozzotto	....	additional camera operator
John Clothier	....	camera operator: second unit
John Clothier	....	director of photography: second unit
Andrea Conchetto	....	electrician: second unit
Andrea Conchetto	....	rigging electrician
Antonio D'Arienzo	....	electrician
Giovanni De Gaetano	....	rigging electrician
Hanoi De La Paz	....	rigging gaffer
Emilio Della Chiesa	....	additional camera operator (as Emilio Dalla Chiesa)
Emilio Della Chiesa	....	camera operator: "c" camera, second unit (as Emilio Dalla Chiesa)
Alberto Deppieri	....	grip
Roberto Di Pietro	....	grip: second unit
Carlo Di Stassi	....	rigging grip
Enrico Fabris	....	grip
Stefano Falivene	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Paolo Forti	....	rigging grip
Fabio Francini	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Cristiano Giavedoni	....	co-chief lighting technician
Doane Gregory	....	still photographer
Paul Guenette	....	focus puller: second unit
Bruce Hamme	....	dolly grip
Emiliano Leurini	....	camera assistant: "c" camera, second unit
Ian R.C. Levine	....	second camera assistant: second unit (as Ian Levine)
David Lourie	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer: second unit
Daniele Massaccesi	....	Steadicam operator: "a" camera
Daniele Massaccesi	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Marco Nuvolara	....	electrical assistant
Jean Marc Pain	....	rigging grip
Lorenzo Paladini	....	rigging electrician
Elvis Pasqual	....	best boy
Michelle Pizanis	....	clapper loader
Cristiano Rossi	....	second camera assistant: "b" camera, second unit
Salvatore Ruberto	....	rigging electrician (as Ruperto Salvatore)
Angelo Russo	....	best boy electric: second unit
Angelo Russo	....	electrician
Marco Sacerdoti	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Paolo Sartori	....	rigging key grip
Valerio Silvestri	....	electrician: second unit
Andriano Trinca	....	rigging electrician
Michele Turchetto	....	electrician
James R. Tynes	....	chief lighting technician
Tiziano Vecchiato	....	electrician
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