Casanova - Season 1 Episode 1
Castle Dux, Bohemia, 1798. Casanova, now a penniless librarian in his seventies, begins to tell his life story to Edith, a young kitchen maid in the castle he works in. We return to Casanova's childhood and humble beginnings as the son of an actor in Venice. As a young man he studies for the priesthood, but is expelled from his seminary, then meets and falls in love with Henriette... but the Duke of Grimani wants Henriette for himself.
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: BBC Three
- Keyword: biography, casanova, womanizer, romance, unrequited love, miniseries, 18th century, burlesque, woman director, amused, brisk, euphoric
- Cast: Rose Byrne, Peter O'Toole, David Tennant, Matt Lucas, Laura Fraser, Rupert Penry-Jones
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