Don Giovanni
(1979)
Regisseur:
Joseph LoseySchauspieler:
Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam, Teresa Berganza, Malcolm KingIn seiner 1787 in Prag uraufgeführten Oper hat Mozart den jahrhundertealten Don-Juan-Mythos aufgegriffen und zu einem musikdramatischen Meisterwerk verdichtet. In Loseys Filmoper wachsen Landschaften und Architektur mit der Handlung und der Musik zu einer Symbiose zusammen. In der großartigen Bildersprache spiegelt sich das Ende einer feudalen Epoche.
Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, (whom Giovanni killed) makes his appearance. He offers Giovanni one last chance to repent for his multitudinious improprieties. He will not change his ways So, he is sucked down into hell by evil spirits. High drama, hysterical comedy, magnificent music! (and unfortunately poor direction by film maker Joseph Losey. The final scene looks more like an industrial mishap than a supernatural event.)
Screen adapatation of Mozart's greatest opera. Don Giovanni, the infamous womanizer, makes one conquest after another until the ghost of Donna Anna's father, the Commendatore, (whom Giovanni killed) makes his appearance. He offers Giovanni one last chance to repent for his multitudinious improprieties. He will not change his ways So, he is sucked down into hell by evil spirits. High drama, hysterical comedy, magnificent music! (and unfortunately poor direction by film maker Joseph Losey. The final scene looks more like an industrial mishap than a supernatural event.)
