Casanova (2005)
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44% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(183,635 ratings)
History's most renowned ladies' man finally meets his match in this historical romance laced with comedy and adventure. In Venice in 1753, Giacomo Casanova (Heath Ledger) is a notorious playboy whose way with women goes too far when he's caught leaving the bedroom of a novice nun, and… More History's most renowned ladies' man finally meets his match in this historical romance laced with comedy and adventure. In Venice in 1753, Giacomo Casanova (Heath Ledger) is a notorious playboy whose way with women goes too far when he's caught leaving the bedroom of a novice nun, and one of the leading prosecutors of the Inquisition, Pucci (Jeremy Irons), puts him on trial. The Doge (Tim McInnerny), Venice's political point man, is a friend of Casanova's and pulls strings to get him off the hook and allow him to stay in the city, but under one condition -- he must take a wife and remain faithful to her. Casanova sets his sights on Victoria (Natalie Dormer), a lovely young maiden who is obviously taken with the handsome ladykiller, but he's not the only one who wants her hand. Giovanni Bruni (Charlie Cox) is a young man who is very much in love with Victoria, and in order to move him out of the picture, Casanova challenges him to a duel. However, when Casanova is bested in swords in the challenge, he discovers he's actually been parrying with Giovanni's sister, Francesca (Sienna Miller). As Casanova gets to know Francesca, he discovers she's a gifted writer and a bright and independent woman as well as a good hand with a sword, and he comes to the realization that she's the woman he wants to take to the altar. However, Francesca has already been promised to the vain and chubby Papprizzio (Oliver Platt), a man she's never met, and she doesn't seem at all interested in the notorious Casanova. Casanova also stars Lena Olin, and Omid Djalili. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lasse Hallström
- Written By
- Jeffrey Hatcher, Kimberly Simi
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 25, 2005 Wide
- Studio
- Buena Vista Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Overall, Casanova is silly but amusing.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The whimsical plot, involving Casanova's seduction of a cross-dressing feminist, isn't helped by director Lasse Hallstrom's leaden hand.
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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
The sticky sweet stuff in the middle traps history's greatest lover and slows the whole affair to a crawl.
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
The irony of [Sienna] Miller co-starring in a film about the world's most notorious lothario aside, there's not much to love about Casanova.
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Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Despite its oh-so deviant title character, Casanova is a harmless bon-bon, a breezy period farce that mimics lesser Shakespeare and a look that recalls Amadeus or Shakespeare in Love.
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Cast
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Heath Ledger
as Casanova
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Sienna Miller
as Francesca
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Jeremy Irons
as Pucci
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Oliver Platt
as Paprizzio
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Lena Olin
as Andrea
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Niall Buggy
as Bookseller, Printer
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Stephen Greif
as Donato
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Leigh Lawson
as Mother's Lover
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Robert Levine
as Cardinal Lopresta
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Tim McInnerny
as The Doge
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Danielle Baker
as Sister Magdelene
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Phil Davies
as Bernardo Guardi
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Tommy Korberg
as Gondola Singer
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Ken Stott
as Dalfonso
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Enzo Turrin
as Maggiordomo
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Paddy Ward
as Vittorio
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Clive Riche
as Prof. Bennetto
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Helen McCrory
as Casanova's Mother
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Lidia Biondi
as Casanova's Grandmother
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Adelmo Togliani
as Fulvio
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Omid Djalili
as Lupo
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Naike Rivelli
as Dark Haired Beauty
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Bryan Korenberg
as Man in Brothel
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Alessandro Bressanello
as Flunkey Captain
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Simonetta Bortolozzi
as Beautiful Woman in Bookshop
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Charlie Cox
as Giovanni Bruni
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Natalie Dormer
as Victoria
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Carolina Levi
as Bruni's Maid
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Ben Moor
as Andolini
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Eugene Simon
as Casanova (11)
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Lauren Cohan
as Sister Beatrice
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Marta Bellocchio
as Beautiful Masked Woman
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Adriano Iurissevich
as Masked Casanova Actor
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Giorgio Bertan
as Actor
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Francis Pardeilhan
as Custom Officer
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Paola Pessot
as Lolling Street Walker
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Elisabeth Riva
as Prostitute
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Monica Vallerini
as Whore #3
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Nicholas Raymond Capriati
as Boy
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Sara Guerra
as Fair Haired Woman
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Marta Paola Richeldi
as Another Woman
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Giorgia Riccardi
as Another Beauty
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Kristy Dibiccari
as Woman in Bookshop
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Jessica Seaton
as Plain Woman in Bookshop
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Anna Gaia Marchioro
as Plain Looking Woman
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Lorenzo Felisatti
as Laughing Man
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Roy Doliner
as Dalfonso's Secretary
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Silvia Nanni
as Whispering Woman
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Paolo De Giorgiro
as Young Man
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Katarina Volgyiova
as Society Woman
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Davide Bozzato
as Drunken Reveller
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Catherine Gault
as Reveller
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Renzo Martini
as Beadle
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Laura Pigozzo
as Woman
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Federico Scridel
as Casanova Actor
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Manuella Massimi
as Lady Actress
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Bimba
as Pig
- David Tennant
- David Foxxe
- Tamzin Griffin
- Peter O'Toole
- Clare Higgins
- Rose Byrne
- Victoria Arbiter




