''Don Juan'' is a 1955 Austrian musical film directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Davidson & Hake p.237 It is an adaptation of the 1787 Mozart opera '' Don Giovanni''. The film was shot in the

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-controlled

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Cast

as Don Giovanni *

as Leporello *

as Zerlina * Hans von Borsody as Masetto *

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as Donna Elvira *

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as Don Ottavio *

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as Donna Anna * Fred Hennings as Commendatore *

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as Elvira's Maid * Walter Berry as Masetto (singing voice) *

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as Zerlina / Donna Anna (singing voice) *

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as Commendatore (singing voice) * Helmut Krauss * Hanna Löser as Donna Elvira (singing voice) * Hugo Meyer-Welfing as Don Ottavio (singing voice) *

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as Don Giovanni (singing voice) * Harald Progelhof as Leporello (singing voice)

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1955 films Austrian musical films 1955 musical films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Walter Kolm-Veltée Films shot at Rosenhügel Studios Films based on Don Giovanni Opera films {{musical-film-stub