Casanova Variations / 2013
A film by Michael Sturminger
Mozart meets Malkovich meets Casanova: in a nutshell, that is the essence of ‘Casanova Variations’ by Michael Sturminger, with John Malkovich portraying Casanova. With the visual power of cinema, the intimacy of theatre and the effortlessness of opera music, Giacomo Casanova’s story is now being brought to the big screen by Michael Sturminger. And as only one can embody the legendary Venetian with such natural ease, John Malkovich is the obvious choice for the lead role in the film as well as in the theatre. At his side, Veronica Ferres is portraying Elisa. They are supported by top-class singers: Florian Boesch as the second Casanova, Miah Persson as Elisa II, Jonas Kaufmann as Count Branicki and Anna Prohaska as Caterina.
Written and directed by
Michael Sturminger
Co-author
Markus Schleinzer
Camera
André Szankowski
Editing
Evi Romen
Sound
Jean-Paul Mugel
Production Design
Renate Martin & Andreas Donhauser
Costume Design
Renate Martin & Andreas Donhauser
Make-Up
Jeanette Latzelsberger & Elke Lebender
Conductor
Martin Haselböck
Orchestra
Wiener Akademie
With
John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Florian Boesch, Miah Persson, Anna Prohaska,Maria João Bastos, Lola Naymark, Kerstin Avemo, Barbara Hannigan, Tracy Ann Oberman, Kate Lindsey, Fanny Ardant, Jonas Kaufmann, Topi Lehtipuu a.o.
Producers
Paulo Branco, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck
Co-Producers
Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott, Ulrich Seidl
Production
Alfama Films, AMOUR FOU Vienna
Co-Production
X Filme Creative Pool, Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion
Supported by
Austrian Film Institute, Film Location Austria, Vienna Film Fund, ICA (Portugal), Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Turismo de Lisboa
In Collaboration with
ORF Film-/Fernsehabkommen, ARTE, RTP
World Sales
Alfama Distribution
Austrian Distribution
Filmladen
Awards
Romy Award for Best Script 2015
Austrian Film Award for Best Editing 2016
Austrian Film Award for Best Costume Design 2016
Festivals
International Film Festival San Sebastián 2014 – Spain
Festival International du Film La Roche-sur-Yon 2014 – France
Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival 2014 – Portugal
CinEuropa Festival de Cinema de Santiago de Compostela 2014 – Spain
Diagonale Graz 2015 – Austria
Kino pavasaris –Â International Film Festival Vilnius 2015 – Lituania
International Film Festival Istanbul 2015 – Turkey
International Film Festival Ankara 2015 – Turkey