Don Juan (1955 film)
Don Juan is a 1955 Austrian musical film directed by Walter Kolm-Veltée and starring Cesare Danova, Josef Meinrad and Evelyn Cormand.[1] It is an adaptation of the Mozart opera Don Giovanni.
| Don Juan | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Kolm-Veltée |
| Produced by | Walter Kolm-Veltée |
| Written by | Lorenzo da Ponte (libretto) Ernst Henthaler Walter Kolm-Veltée Alfred Uhl |
| Starring | Cesare Danova Josef Meinrad Evelyn Cormand |
| Music by | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Cinematography | Hannes Fuchs Willi Sohm |
| Edited by | Walter Kolm-Veltée |
Production company | Akkord-Film |
Release date | 12 August 1955 |
Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
The film was shot in the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.
Cast
- Cesare Danova as Don Giovanni
- Josef Meinrad as Leporello
- Evelyn Cormand as Zerlina
- Hans von Borsody as Masetto
- Lotte Tobisch as Donna Elvira
- Jean Vinci as Don Ottavio
- Marianne Schönauer as Donna Anna
- Fred Hennings as Commendatore
- Senta Wengraf as Elvira's Maid
- Walter Berry as Masetto (singing voice)
- Anny Felbermayer as Zerlina / Donna Anna (singing voice)
- Gottlob Frick as Commendatore (singing voice)
- Helmut Krauss
- Hanna Löser as Donna Elvira (singing voice)
- Hugo Meyer-Welfing as Don Ottavio (singing voice)
- Alfred Poell as Don Giovanni (singing voice)
- Harald Progelhof as Leporello (singing voice)
References
- Davidson & Hake p.237
Bibliography
- Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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