Don Gio
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1992Production year
1992Premiere
5 November 1992Runtime
96 minCategory
filmGenre
allegoryTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Don GioCzech title
Don GioEnglish title
Don GioSummary
The current social situation serves as a background for the film where two myths are fusing – the Mozart myth and the Don Juan myth. The classical adventure of the Sevillian seducer penetrates the story of the Director who is trying to come up with a new approach to the famous opera Don Giovanni as a tribute to the Mozart celebrations.
Synopsis
“The contemporary social situation serves as a backdrop to the escapades of the famous seducer. They mingle with the story of the Film Director who attempts a new staging of the renowned opera Don Giovanni on the occasion of celebrating Mozart’s anniversary. The antipole of the Film Director who admires Mozart for his brilliant oeuvre is the Theatre Director who solely views the famous composer as merchandise. Don Gio, the leading part in the film, simultaneously acts the role and represents the embodiment of Don Juan and he is also the one who pays for the entire production. He is possessed by both evil and a passionate and unrestrained desire for freedom. Being mainly fascinated by the dark sides of Mozart’s personality;, he is more interested in the creative process and the ingenious creature than in his immortal work” (after Film Review No. 11, 1992, p. 9). Gio and the Film Director talk about art and their views of truth, good and evil at a press conference for the new staging. The Theatre Director at the same time preaches about business and the immorality of Mozart’s contemporaries to the journalists at the theatre gate. The press conference is violently interrupted by the bursting in of a knight commander. Don Gio, prodded by Leporello, accepts the knight’s offered hand, thus falling prey to Hell in the form of a repugnant cabaret and gambling room. – The film was the first to reflect the condition of Czechoslovak society after 1989. In its form, it is the first consistent manifesto of the Czech mutation of the post-modern tendency in art.
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Cast
Karel Roden
Giovanni
Jaroslav Dušek
Leporello
Chantal Poullain /ž/
Elvira
Ondřej Cutych
Režisér
Daniel Dvořák
Ředitel divadla
Jana Hanáčková
Anna
Ida Saudková
Zerlina
Vladimír Okénko
Ottavio
Václav Chalupa
syn Giovanniho
Ladislav Lahoda
Komtur/cizinec-obchodník
Ladislav Staněk
Masseto
Štěpán Jeník
otec
Karolina Pospíšilová
dcera
Tomáš Hanák
Kristus
Irena Maršálová
slečna
Martin Cutych
inspicient
Jaroslav Hudec
dirigent
Ingeborg Žádná
violoncellistka
Martin Zbrožek
člen orchestru
Richard Srbený
člen orchestru
Miroslav Rovenský
člen orchestru
Tomáš Hořejš
člen orchestru
Ivan Bierhanzl
člen orchestru
Josef Prokop
člen orchestru
Miroslav Pudlák
člen orchestru
Jan Laibl
člen hereckého souboru
Miroslav Končel
člen hereckého souboru
Alena Dlouhá
členka hereckého souboru
Doubravka Svobodová
členka hereckého souboru
Karel Berounský
sluha Giovanniho
Martin Vačkář
tlumočník
Čestmír Záruba
cizinec
Michael Minard
reportér CNN David
Ladislav Langr
redaktor
Radim Smetana
novinář
Jan Rubeš
novinář
Zbyněk Honzík
novinář
Gábina Fárová
novinářka
Stanislava Hýbnerová
novinářka
Marian Roden
soudce da Ponte
Eva Kadaňková
produkční
Jan Pohribný
člen hnutí Greenpeace/fotograf
Filip Sirotek
mladík
Luboš Vála
přítel Ředitele divadla
Kristýna Murdavská
služka Zerliny
Miroslav Pufler
muž Elviry
Jana Krňanská
členka společnosti ze 30. let/bruslící servírka/tanečnice na diskotéce
Martina Riedelbauchová
členka společnosti ze 30. let/tanečnice na diskotéce
Lucie Rúthová
členka společnosti ze 30. let
Veronika Bromová
členka společnosti ze 30. let
Martina Leierová
členka společnosti ze 30. let
Josef Pavlát
člen společnosti ze 30. let
Tomáš Mašín
skinhead a anarchista
Jiří Bauer
skinhead a anarchista/tanečník na diskotéce
Martina Melicharová
skinheadka a anarchistka
Daniel Anýž
fotograf
Milan M. Homola
fotograf
Ivan Malý
fotograf
Vladimír Fyman
fotograf
Tereza Kučerová
bruslící servírka
Lenka Andelová
bruslící servírka
Dana Morávková
bruslící servírka
Dita Špačková
tanečnice na diskotéce
Petra Zelenková
tanečnice na diskotéce
David Konečný
tanečník na diskotéce
Zdeněk Mihle
chlápek
Jana Goetzová
žena s knihou
Petr Tříska
muž s vlajkou
Zbyšek Studecký
opilý šlechtic
Martin Čumpelík
revolucionář
Gabriela Tomanová
hosteska
Alena Kašpárková
hosteska
Pavel Brabec
návštěvník divadla
Petr Knotek
barman
Antonín Korb
barman
Eduard Krutzner
osobní strážce
Richard Krutzner
osobní strážce
Hana Kosová
žena mnoha rolí
René Kořenář
muž mnoha rolí
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Continuity
Screenstory
Based on
Lorenzo da Ponte (Don Giovanni – operní libreto)
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Jan Jirák, Robert Zalay (steadicam), Peter Šutovský (steadicam)
Production Designer
Art Director
Set Designer
Vladimír Houška, Lukáš Máslo, Petr Tříska, Michal Šup, Pavel Švebiš, Karel Zach
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Assistant Sound Designer
Animation
Hafan film, Miloslav Špála, Jan Balej, Bedřich Glaser, Josef Hrudka (počítačová animace), Jana Kaňanská (počítačová animace)
Special Effects
Stunts
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Consultant
Cooperation
Olga Svobodová (fotografka), Jan Vaculík, Miroslav Kratina, Petra Holeštová
Music
Music Composed by
Selected Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Don Giovanni)
Music Performed by
Orchestr Národního divadla v Praze (Music Conducted by Josef Kuchinka), Česká filharmonie (Music Conducted by Libor PešekPavel Vaněk), Martin Němec, Pavel Nedoma
Music Supervisor
Production info
Original Title
Don Gio
Czech Title
Don Gio
English Title
Don Gio
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
allegory
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1992
Production Year
1992
Production specifications
the end of the distribution monopoly 4 November 1997
Premiere
gala premiere 31 October 1992 (Stavovské divadlo, Praha)
premiere 5 November 1992 /recommended for 15 and over/
Distribution slogan
An expressive morally, cultural horror with musical elements. Karel Roden in the arena of spiritual relations and physical "intercourses".
Distribution
Creative Group
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
96 min
Original length in metres
2 800 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
Dolby Stereo
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech, English, German, Italian
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
