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Don Juan (other)
Don Juan is a legendary fictional libertine. Don Juan may also refer to: Persons * John, Prince of Asturias (1478–1497), son of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon * John, Prince of Girona (1509), son of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Germaine of Foix, died in infancy * Don Juan Manuel (1282–1348), Castilian writer * John of Austria (1547–1578), Don Juan de Austria, European admiral and general * John of Austria the Younger (1629–1679), Don Juan de Austria the Younger, Prime Minister of Spain from 1677 to 1679 * Don "Magic" Juan (born 1950), American rapper * Juan Carlos I of Spain (born 1938), king and head of state of Spain * Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona (1913–1993), pretender Places * Don Juan, Dominican Republic, a town * Don Juan Pond, a lake in Antarctica Works inspired by Don Juan See also . Books * '' El estudiante de Salamanca'', a poem by José de Espronceda * ''Don Juan'' (poem), a satiric narrative poem by Lord B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan
Don Juan (), also known as Don Giovanni ( Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. Famous versions of the story include a 17th-century play, ''El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'' (''The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest'') by Tirso de Molina, a 1787 opera, ''Don Giovanni'', with music by Mozart and a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, and a satirical, epic poem, '' Don Juan'', by Lord Byron. By linguistic extension, from the name of the character, "Don Juan" has become a generic expression for a womanizer, and stemming from this, Don Juanism is a non-clinical psychiatric descriptor. Pronunciation In Spanish, is pronounced . The usual English pronunciation is , with two syllables and a silent " J", but today, as more English-speakers have notions of Spanish, the pronunciation is becoming more common. However, in Lord Byron's verse version the name rhymes with ''ruin'' and ''true one'', suggesting the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trickster Of Seville And The Stone Guest
''The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest'' ( es, El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra) is a play written by Tirso de Molina. Its title varies according to the English translation, and it has also been published under the titles ''The Seducer of Seville and the Stone Guest'' and ''The Playboy of Seville and the Stone Guest''. The play was first published in Spain around 1630, though it may have been performed as early as 1616. Set in the 14th century, the play is the earliest fully developed dramatisation of the Don Juan legend.Brockett and Hildy (2003, 144) and Bunn (1998, 1112). Main characters * Don Juan – protagonist (a young noble); relentlessly seduces all women possible by promising them marriage * Duchess Isabela – Duchess that Don Juan tricks; she was going to marry Duke Octavio * Don Gonzalo – nobleman and military commander, Doña Ana's father * Doña Ana – noble woman and Don Gonzalo's daughter; is engaged to Don Juan for a time (but the engageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan (1969 Film)
''Don Juan'' ( cs, Don Šajn) is a 1969 Czechoslovak short film by Jan Švankmajer, based on traditional Czech puppet plays of the Don Juan legend. Plot Within an old dilapidated and seemingly automated theater, human-sized marionettes perform a production of the Don Juan legend without the aid of puppeteers or an audience. In the play, Don Juan's fiancée Maria is secretly seeing his brother Don Phillipe. Unbeknownst to the two lovers, Don Juan is watching them from one of the balconies. Horrified by the thought of Maria leaving him for Philippe, he calls upon his Jester servant for help. So that he can pay for a wedding, Juan sends the Fool into town to ask for money from the Mayor (Juan and Phillipe's father), under the false pretense that Juan needs the money to pay off medical bills. When Juan's father learns about his son's true intentions, he gives the Jester two coins so he and Juan can buy some rope to hang themselves with. Outraged by this, Don Juan murders his own fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan (1956 Film)
''Don Juan'' is a 1956 historical comedy film directed by John Berry and starring Fernandel, Carmen Sevilla and Roland Armontel.Klossner p.111 It was a co-production between France, Italy and Spain, based on the legend of Don Juan. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Sigfrido Burmann and Georges Wakhévitch. Cast * Fernandel as Sganarelle * Carmen Sevilla as Serranilla * Erno Crisa as Don Juan * Fernando Rey as Don Iñigo * Roland Armontel as The Governor * Simone Paris as Doña María * Christine Carère as Doña Inés * José Sepúlveda as Don Ramón * Manolo Gómez Bur as Lebourreau * Robert Lombard as The Duke of Altaquerque * Micheline Dax as Doña Elvira * Teófilo Palou as Un Guardia * Pedro Valdivieso as Angel * Hebe Donay as Juanita * Mercedes Rueda as Lola * Matilde Artero * Luis Torrecilla * Juan Olaguivel as El Escudero * José María Rodríguez as Otro Guardia * Ángel Calero as Luis * Germaine Montero * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan (1955 Film)
''Don Juan'' is a 1955 Austrian musical film directed by Walter Kolm-Veltée and starring Cesare Danova, Josef Meinrad and Evelyn Cormand.Davidson & Hake p.237 It is an adaptation of the 1787 Mozart opera '' Don Giovanni''. The film was shot in the Soviet-controlled Rosenhügel Studios in Vienna. 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 Alfred Poell (18 March 1900 – 30 January 1968) was an Austrian operatic baritone. Poell was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan (1950 Film)
''Don Juan'' is a 1950 Spanish romantic adventure film directed by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia and starring Antonio Vilar, Annabella and María Rosa Salgado. It is based on the legend of Don Juan.Wright p.94 The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. It was shot at the Estudios Ballesteros in Madrid. Synopsis Following the death of his father, Don Juan returns from Venice to his native Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula .... He discovers that in order to receive his inheritance he has to marry a particular woman Doña Iñés. Cast * Antonio Vilar as Don Juan * Annabella as Lady Ontiveras * María Rosa Salgado as Doña Iñés de Ulloa * Enrique Guitart as Don Luís Mejía * José Ramón Giner as Chuti * Santiago Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures Of Don Juan
''Adventures of Don Juan'' is a 1948 American Technicolor swashbuckling adventure romance film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Errol Flynn and Viveca Lindfors, with Robert Douglas, Alan Hale, Ann Rutherford, and Robert Warwick. Also in the cast are Barbara Bates, Raymond Burr, and Mary Stuart. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Jerry Wald. The screenplay by George Oppenheimer and Harry Kurnitz, based on a story by Herbert Dalmas, has uncredited contributions by William Faulkner and Robert Florey. Plot Late in the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Spanish noble Don Juan de Maraña is repatriated from London to Madrid, following a diplomatic scandal caused by his dalliance with the British fiancée of a Spanish nobleman. The Spanish ambassador in London, Count de Polan, an old family friend, sends a letter of recommendation to Queen Margaret of Spain. He requests that she provide an opportunity at the Spanish court for the rehabilitation of Don Jua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Private Life Of Don Juan
''The Private Life of Don Juan'' is a 1934 British comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon and Benita Hume. At the age of 51, it was the final role of Fairbanks, who died five years later. The film is about the life of the aging Don Juan, based on the 1920 play ''L'homme à la Rose'' The Man With the Rose"by Henry Bataille. It was made by Korda's London Film Productions at British & Dominion Studios in Elstree/Borehamwood and distributed by United Artists. Plot After twenty years in exile, an aging Don Juan returns to Seville in secret with his friend Leporello trying to keep his health in check. His wife Dolores has threatened to have him thrown in prison because he won't see her after five years of absences. The next morning, he is surprised to find that all the town knows he is back. Rodrigo, an admirer of his, follows Don Juan everywhere, wanting to be just like him, and able to give a good impression of him with his ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan (1926 Film)
''Don Juan'' is a 1926 American romantic adventure film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length film to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue. The film is inspired by Lord Byron's 1821 epic poem of the same name. The screenplay was written by Bess Meredyth with intertitles by Maude Fulton and Walter Anthony. ''Don Juan'' stars John Barrymore as the hand-kissing womanizer. Plot In the prologue, Don José, warned of his wife's infidelity, seals his wife's lover alive in his hiding place and drives her from the castle; abandoned to his lust, he is stabbed by his last mistress, and with his dying words he implores his son, Don Juan, to take all from women but yield nothing. Ten years later, young Don Juan, a graduate of the University of Pisa, is famous as a lover and pursued by many women, including the powerful Lucrezia Borgia, who invites him to her ball. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan (1922 Film)
''Don Juan'' is a 1922 German silent film directed by Albert Heine and Robert Land and starring Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Margarete Lanner Margarete Lanner (1896–1981) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in around 30 films during the silent and early sound eras in a mixture of leading and supporting roles. She had a small part in Fritz Lang's 1927 film ''Metropoli ..., and Margit Barnay. Cast In alphabetical order References Bibliography * External links * 1922 films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by Robert Land German black-and-white films Films based on the Don Juan legend 1920s German films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan (1913 Film)
'' Don Juan'' is a 1913 Dutch silent drama film directed by Léon Boedels. Plot summary Cast * Willem van der Veer Willem van der Veer (26 May 1887 – 21 June 1960) was a Dutch film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 32 films between 1913 and 1937. Filmography * '' De man zonder hart'' (1937) * ''Op hoop van zegen'' (1934) * '' Het meisje met ... as Don Juan * Caroline van Dommelen * Tilly Lus * Constant van Kerckhoven Jr. References External links * 1913 films Dutch black-and-white films 1913 drama films Films based on the Don Juan legend Silent Dutch drama films {{Netherlands-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Juan In Hell
''Man and Superman'' is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw in 1903. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. ''Man and Superman'' opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 21 May 1905 as a four-act play produced by the Stage Society, and then by John Eugene Vedrenne and Harley Granville-Barker on 23 May, without Act III ("Don Juan in Hell"). A part of the third act, ''Don Juan in Hell'' (Act 3, Scene 2), was performed when the drama was staged on 4 June 1907 at the Royal Court. The play was not performed in its entirety until 1915, when the Travelling Repertory Company played it at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh. Summary Mr. Whitefield has recently died, and his will indicates that his daughter Ann should be left in the care of two men, Roebuck Ramsden and John Tanner. Ramsden, a venerable old man, distrusts John Tanner, an eloquent youth with revolutionary ideas, whom Shaw's stage directions describe a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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