CASANOVA IN RUSSIA
LAVISH NEW RUSSIAN TV SAGA
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New show started airing last week |
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It is a twelve episode historical series |
LOVE IN RUSSIA
Set in imperial Russia, during the rule of Tzarina Catherine the Great, in 1764-1765, the lavishly expensive 12 part series follows the great Venetian lover Giacomo Casanova during his stay in Russia, filled with conspiracies, intrigues,
insidious murders and fatal passions. It is an adventure in the spirit of the Three Musketeers, only on the banks of the Neva, not the Seine. In the centre
of the plot is the story of how Casanova, sent to Russia with the plan to infiltrate Catherine the Great's court as a Vatican spy, got carried away by a
female serf peasant on the banks of the Neva, so much that he went to extreme lengths to buy her. That accidental meeting will make history's most famous
womaniser and seducer believe that a life could be spent next to just one woman. Beside being the famous lover, Casanova was also one of the most
educated people of that time, he translated legendary Iliad and co wrote the libretto for Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. A friendship with famous Voltaire
also left a great impact on that, less known, side of his life. Produced by Favorit Film and Brothers Chizhikov, the saga also stars Maria
Skuratova as Casanova's love interest, Mariyana Spivak as Catherine the Great and our dear Ilya Malakov (from Furious or Kolovrat) as her general and lover Potemkin!
Set in imperial Russia, during the rule of Tzarina Catherine the Great, in 1764-1765, the lavishly expensive 12 part series follows the great Venetian lover Giacomo Casanova during his stay in Russia, filled with conspiracies, intrigues,





