Don Juan (1955 film)

Don Juan
Directed by	Walter Kolm-Veltée
Written by	Lorenzo da Ponte (libretto) Ernst Henthaler Walter Kolm-Veltée Alfred Uhl
Produced by	Walter Kolm-Veltée
Starring	Cesare Danova Josef Meinrad Evelyn Cormand
Cinematography	Hannes Fuchs Willi Sohm
Edited by	Walter Kolm-Veltée
Music by	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Production company	Akkord-Film
Release date	12 August 1955 (1955-08-12)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Austria
Language	German

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 1787 Mozart opera Don Giovanni.

The film was shot in the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna.

Plot summary

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

1. Davidson & Hake p.237

Bibliography

• Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.

External links

• Don Juan at IMDb