Casanova movie

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.

Giacomo Casanova (April 2, 1725 in Venice ? June 4, 1798, in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when necessary, to conquer women, sometimes leaving behind children or debt. In his autobiography Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century, he mentions 122 women with whom he had sex.In spite of his being a historical character and Don Juans being a legend, the two are often associated.BiographyEarly yearsGiacomo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725 to actress Zanetta Farussi, wife of actor Gaetano Giuseppe Casanova, cousin to Mozarts librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. His true biological father is often believed to have been Michele Grimani, a member of the patrician family who owned the San Samuele theatre where Zanetta and Gaetano worked for a time; Casanova himself made this allegation at one time, but in his autobiography said that Gaetano was.

Casanova was the first of six children. Giovanni Alvise (1730?1795), Faustina Maddalena (1731?1736), Maria Maddalena Antonia Stella (1732?1800) and Gaetano Alvise (1734?1783) were likely fathered by Gaetano, while Francesco (1737?1803) may have been the son of another man. His father died when he was eight, before he had the chance to establish a proper bond with him. Casanova would himself sire many children outside of wedlock and like his own parents he never paid them any serious attention.His mother, with six children to feed, kept her five youngest at home and shipped Casanova off to boarding school in Padua on his ninth birthday, supposedly for the good of his health. She immediately returned to Venice - Casanova would not see her again for more than a year and would never again share her home. She was able to afford boarding school because before Gaetano died in 1733 he had appealed to the Grimanis to take care of his family.

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Casanova Cast

• Charlie Cox
• Helen McCrory
• Jeremy Irons
• Ken Stott
• Leigh Lawson
• Lena Olin
• Natalie Dormer
• Oliver Platt
• Omid Djalili
• Paddy Ward
• Philip Davis
• Sienna Miller
• Stephen Greif
• Tim McInnerny