"The Adventures of Giacomo Casanova was withdrawn from theaters in March of 1955" ""on account of offenses against morality, good manners, decency."" "Later, it was edited with around 500 meters cut out, while the negative disappeared without a trace." "The reconstruction of the present version was made possible thanks to the discovery of a second color negative, shorter than the original, used for the French version, a b w positive, almost complete, and some working copies in b w and color." "The scenes in b  w reintegrated into the negative, were digitally toned to avoid an excessive contrast in the picture quality of the film." "The Italian soundtrack being joined with the negative of the French version is not perfectly synchronized with the lips." "The restoration has been realized by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia," "Cineteca Nazionale and Ripley's Film." "The work has been carried out at the Digital Film Lab (Copenhagen), L.E. Diapason, Lobster Films (France) and Cinecittà (Rome)." "THE ADVENTURES OF GIACOMO CASANOVA" "Spain 1760.." "where still dominates.." "the Inquisition." "The Court of the Inquisition, considering paragraph 342 from the laws emanating from His Royal Majesty of the kingdom of Spain, orders that every citizen cooperate in the capture of Giacomo Casanova, a self-styled man of letters and member of Masonic Sect of Freemasons" "now wanted for magic and witchcraft, swindles and debts perpetrated throughout Europe, as well as.." "being a gambler and a man of loose morals." "How far did you get?" " "Inquisition", excellency." " Good!" "Honey!" "Hurry, Giacomo, get out." "How far did you get with your Casanova?" " Almost done." "Me too." "Give me two minutes and I'll be there." "Hurry, my darling." "I don't want to be late to the opera." "We'll be there on time, my husband." "Don't worry." "Thank you, dear, thanks." "Let's continue." "You're mad." "Of all the houses in Madrid, you just had to take refuge here." "Anywhere else, I wouldn't have found a woman like you." "Yes, and the Chief of Police in the next room!" "That means this is a respectable house." "And I adore respectable people." "Who, consciously or unconsciously, gives refuge in their own home to the forenamed Giacomo Casanova, will be exposed first to public ridicule and afterward.." "will receive as many lashes until death comes." "Will I see you again?" " Ah, of course!" "When?" "That'll depend on your husband, my dear." "We promise, moreover, 1000 scudi to anyone who will capture him before he flees from Spain, so that he can be judged by the most respectable court of Madrid." "We order, finally, that a notice be posted in all the cities of the Kingdom, so that the fugitive may be arrested by either the capital guards or the humblest villager." "Just look: crooked holsters, dirty or missing buttons!" "And you think you're His Majesty's guards?" "Bumpkins!" "What a bunch of sluggards I have to command!" "Hear this!" "If you make me look bad at the fiesta tonight," "I'll throw you in jail for 2 months!" "I never thought six months ago, leaving the military school," "I'd have to take command of this herd of peasants!" ""Order from Zaragoza."" ""We need to intensify surveillance because that man Casanova.."" ""is around these parts."" "Ah!" "Wonderful!" "Let's go!" "Tosillo, you still have rooms?" " Rooms?" "The inn is overflowing!" " Any noble guests?" "Nothing but the noblest!" " Bravo!" "You're the king of the inn!" "And you're the king of mayors!" "What an idea that fiesta was, that idea!" "I do what I can to keep business humming." "Tonight dancing and bullfighting, Miura bulls and fireworks!" "Search all over!" " What happened, lieutenant?" "Orders from Zaragoza:" "a search for Casanova!" "Casanova!" "Oh, God!" "The fiesta!" "You start on the first floor!" "Rummage wardrobes and beds by the edge of a sword!" "One moment, Lieutenant!" "Are you sure that Casanova is here?" "I hope so." "It'd be nice and useful for my promotion!" "Alcántara, gentlemen!" "Last change of the horses!" "A few minutes till we go.." "Good day, gentlemen." "Did you have a good trip?" "Sir, this way, please." "Good day, sir." "The baggage of my lord." "Lend a hand." "This way, hurry!" "A search!" " I haven't done anything!" " Come with us!" " I've nothing, I swear!" "Ah, no, Don Miguel!" "We must search first!" "Dolores!" " Search what?" "Don't you even try!" "Or I'll make you hear the sound of a frying pan on the head of a guard!" "Not that, you'll enrage him!" "Talk to Dolores, Lieutenant!" "Now that, if I'm not mistaken, you'll be part of the family!" "Family!" "Dad, why do you keep insisting that I marry a policeman?" "A cop!" "An honorable career in the force is worth nothing compared to a rogue like Casanova, right?" "These are the modern girls of today, Tosillo." "Modern, indeed." "But I'll find that Casanova and the rank of captain will be my wedding gift!" "Dolores!" "Master, the tavern is full of cops!" "They're looking for you!" "There are 1000 pesetas on your head!" "1000 pesetas would make.." " Oh.." "1000 pesetas would be about.." "Wow!" "Le Duc, say bye to your master." "I'll give myself up." " No.." "Dummy!" "Tell the driver to hurry, go!" "Hey!" "In flight from Madrid towards France, sought by the Inquisition on court matters." "I change horses at a small town near the Pyrenees." "Nothing interesting in this town.." "Hey!" "It's not yet night to be watching the stars!" "Not all stars appear at night, apparently!" "Do you need help?" "Help yourselves and get out of the way!" "Before I do it myself!" "The horses are fastened, they're ready to go!" "Take down the bags, we'll leave tomorrow." "But sir, have mercy!" "You don't want spend the night here?" "The night?" "I wish!" "Look, Le Duc." "Hey you!" "You want to get to work?" "But there's the.." "And the Inquisition guards?" "Then there's the fiesta." "The inn will be full." "How can you find a free bed?" "You don't need one to be free in order to sleep in it." "Was it only the desire to wear that dress that caused you to come?" "There was no other way to respond to your provocation." "Now that you're convinced, can we go?" " You want to go?" "Not unless you want to." "I've been too careless." "And now I'm pursuing a man whose name I don't even know!" "What do names matter?" "I'm a passing merchant." "Come." "From here you can admire the entire fiesta." "It's the best place worthy of the most beautiful wife of the Reichsburg Consul for Zaragoza." "Geltrude!" " Yes, dear?" "What are you looking at?" " The people." "Oh!" "But they aren't all villagers." "I see some Parisian patterns." "That knight there.." "I think I know him." "You do?" "Is he a relative?" "When did you see him?" "Where?" "Dear, you're starting to get jealous again!" "I was just talking." "I never knew that my father's wine could be so good." "That stingy thing never even let me try it!" "Come on, let's dance." "Don't tell anyone.." " No." "..but I think I can't stand anymore." "Hold on to me." "Come." "Why did you never kiss me like that before?" "Why?" "You know what, honey?" "I'm an honest girl and I want you to marry me." "If I weren't honest, this night I would've been yours.." "José.." " José?" "Yes, José, yours.." " José.." "Master!" "Open, master!" " Yes, I'm coming!" "Forgive me, master, but you must hide me here." "I saw from the window the chief of police, the one from earlier.." "He just arrived now." "Courage, Le Duc!" "They don't want you." "And as for me, they won't recognize me." "Watch." " But.. how, master?" "Are you really leaving right now just at the moment that.." "What do you want me to say?" "Apparently, I've reached an age where easy adventures don't interest me anymore." "And then, look at her!" " Yes, but.." "A few drinks were enough for her to mistake me for her fiance." "How could I?" "Yeah, Le Duc, for the first time in my life," "I decided to behave like a gentleman." "Let's go!" "Master, believe me.." ".. let's go." "Let's go." "This must be Pablo!" "It's not Pablo!" " Well, well!" "Why, that's Giacomo Casanova!" " Casanova!" "Oh, God!" "They recognized me." "Come, Le Duc!" " Right behind you!" " Arrest him!" "Casanova!" "Take this!" "Master, you shouldn't have left that room!" "Hush, Le Duc!" "You know no good deed goes unpunished." " I'm outta here!" "Pedro, we have a guest of honor!" "What manners!" "I believe that your luggage, merchant, will no longer be needed now." "I'll give it to some girl." "Just tonight I met such a one whom a white dress would suit well." "Don't you believe me, Sergeant?" " Lieutenant!" "Call me lieutenant and in a while, captain, now that I've got you!" "Pedro, you're the only one of these idiots who can read and write." "Make me a complete list of the contents of that luggage." "I'm going to the inn." "To dance, Lieutenant?" " Silence!" "I'm going to find your accomplice, Mr. Casanova." "Your dance partner!" "And are you sure I had one?" " Very sure." "And I'll discover her, don't you worry!" "General!" "Whoever that girl is, give her a kiss for me!" "Be quiet!" "Let's take his statement." "Please!" "Giacomo Casanova's arrest shouldn't stop the party!" "An alchemist, a crook, a wizard, a cheat, a libertine!" "That's the kind of man you know!" "Nothing compared to the man I married!" "Geltrude!" " Don't shout, I only said it to make you angry." "I'm tired of this constant bickering, these continuous interrogations!" "How can I convince you I've never seen Casanova?" "Ah, no?" "How did you recognize him then?" "I already told you, dear: the posters!" "Spain is full of portraits with his features!" "Look at the beautiful clothes!" "He changes like a woman!" "And literate too, guys!" "Hark at this!" "Hey, don't touch that book!" "It's for the Court!" "Now then.." ""The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova."" " Memoirs?" ""I wrote these memoirs hoping that readers will want to"" ""among the sins attributed to me, at least grant me one virtue:"" ""sincerity."" ""Refrain from condemning me, except where you find me a bad painter,"" ""but you you will not be able to prevent me from.."" "You won't be able to prevent me from having certain delightful memories." "Because in all of my life every action, good or bad, was determined by women, only women." "To them, goes all of my gratitude and remorse." "But why was this my destiny?" "Maybe because I was born in Venice, the city of love or maybe because my parents were actors and my childhood took place among backstages, the smell of greasepaint and stage music." "It's certain that the first fleeting, delicious images that fate placed under my eyes remained forever imprinted in my consciousness without me realizing it." "When a boy, I had been put in school." "I felt myself drawn towards the vocation of a.. pedagogue." "Let's see." "Excellent in writing, good conduct and advancement, excellent morals." "If you continue this way in life, your name will be a byword for virtue and seriousness to all." "What's your name, son?" " Giacomo Casanova." "So it was then from Naples, where having completed my studies with some success," "I moved to Rome, rather.." "Tivoli, to the home of Baron Costanzi, an administrator of the Villa d'Este, engaging in the austere and respectable profession of tutor." "But it had to be right there, in that house that my true calling was revealed to me for the first time." "The child entrusted to my care proved to be ridiculous in all of my attempts to teach him knowledge." ""Women, knights, arms, loves, chivalry, the daring feats, I sing"" ""that were at the time.." "that.. that.."" "An attempt which evidently failed in his father's time too." "With the male branches of the Costanzi family, one could do very little." "It would've been much nicer do something with Donna Lucrezia, the baroness." "But who would dare?" "Of a different nature were Barbara and Angelica, the niece and cousin of Lucrezia." "Barbara was an adorable creature, committed to seeking a Prince Charming who never came." "Angelica, however, only browsed the pages of books and her only loves were Dante and Plato." "It was only natural that I pointed my teaching skills towards the maid Bettina." "3 x 7 = 43, 3 x 8 = 25" "What?" " 81." "81.." " Archimedes' principle:" "a body immersed in water.." " What?" "..is equal to the volume of the displaced water." "Equal to the volume of the displaced water.." "From which, after a few days of innocent kisses," "I finally had one night.." "the answer, I so much hoped for." "So, at midnight in your room?" " No." "Say yes!" "At that time, everyone's asleep." "Fine, I'll expect you, Mr. Giacomo." " Alright." "Bye." "You see that?" "The usual social injustices!" "A maid is allowed.." " Barbara!" "And your dignity?" "Oh, dignity, dignity!" "You know what?" "That perhaps, for that Casanova, it would've been worth it." "Barbara!" "If you haven't discovered these defects since he arrived!" "What do you mean?" "However, it's wasted on Bettina!" "I'm leaving." "I don't like spying." "Good night!" "Bettina, my aunt is sick and in need of assistance." "Drop everything and go to the gate." "The coach is waiting to go to Rome." "Right away." " To Rome?" "At this hour?" "But, Madame, I can't!" "I wanted to make.." "some jam tonight." "Hurry, there's no time to lose!" "In Rome, Aunt Elisabetta is sick and tonight she needs much aid." "Help her the best you can!" "But, so suddenly?" " Of course, so suddenly!" "Anyhow, the coach'll bring you back tomorrow." "Go on!" "Get going!" "I'm counting on you." "Bettina!" "Bettina!" "Why have you made me wait so long?" "The next morning, for the first time, my stay at this villa seemed wonderful." "Everything seemed new, unexpected." "And maybe because of my shyness and inexperience even the ardor of Bettina's had seemed unexpected and new." "New was her scent, her abandon, her silent sweetness, when.." "Mr. Giacomo!" "Where have you been?" " In Rome." "Unfortunately, I have to go every night." "I must go back tonight." " Rome?" " Yes." "But, then.." " Are you angry with me?" "No, sorry, I'm a little distracted.." "Thank you." "But then, which of those respectable ladies were so disrespectfully served by me last night?" "I decided, therefore, in the most disrespectful manner to make a personal, very difficult investigation." "What's the matter?" "You seem worried." "Yes, I'm having trouble solving a problem." "What is it about?" "Mathematics?" " Sort of." "It's about determining if 1 + 1 = 2 even when one of the two isn't there." "Angelica?" "No, she was only thinking of her books." "Barbara?" "Too proud." "She never lost an opportunity to show me her indifference." "Only Donna Lucrezia remained and it so happened that my supposition was confirmed:" "A phrase I heard." " I'm sorry, but I can't help it." "So, tonight I'm going to Rome to help Aunt Elisabetta." "Bring Bettina too." " No, let Bettina serve you at home." "But no, I can do it all." "At home, whatever a servant can do, can be done better by the mistress!" "What do you want?" "Are you crazy?" " I knew you'd be awake!" "Leave!" "Get out!" " Silly, why put on an act?" "But.. how?" " Sorry, I.. yet.." "The other time, I thought I was right, no?" "What?" " Lucrezia, what's the matter?" "What happened?" "It was a terrible mistake to come here." "Please, send her away!" "No, thank you, I was dreaming." "You may go back to your room." "Thanks!" "Thanks!" "Now go away, before I announce publicly your impudence!" " Please!" "I don't understand what kind of misunderstanding led you to my room." "More than just a misunderstanding, it was a hope." "I don't understand from what it arose." "From your beauty." "The investigations carried out in respect of Donna Lucrezia, although very accurate and meticulous, convinced me that the woman from the first night wasn't her." "With my research, I returned to the start." "How lovely these flowers!" "I'll arrange them in a vase." "At last, I find you alone!" "It's a godsend!" "You wanted to tell me something?" "The third night of the investigation found me stunned to have identified by elimination the only possible culprit, the one who was the least suspected:" "Angelica." "Why do you look at me like that?" "How strange!" "It seems.." "that you've changed." " Thank you." "Tell me, did solve your problem?" "Yes." "At least I think so." " Then explain it to me." "Why not?" "Right away!" "But the problem!" "But dear, we're solving it!" "Mr. Casanova?" "Yes, Miss Barbara?" "Forgive me for what happened, but, you see.." "Angelica was on the verandah and I was afraid she could hear us." "That woman from the other night.." "was me." " No!" "Oh, yes!" "Giacomo!" "Mr. Giacomo!" "Giacomo!" "Bettina!" "Bettina!" "I managed to get permission from the master." "Oh, Giacomo!" " Oh, Bettina!" "If you only knew how I've missed you!" "Well, Bettina, see you tomorrow!" "You're probably tired from the trip, no?" "But I'm not tired at all!" "No?" "In the days following, my situation became more serious." "The Baron Costanzi continued to stay at Rome." "Be good, dear aunt, be good." "What is it?" "What are you doing in Rome?" "Excuse me, Baron, but.." "will your aunt be sick for much longer?" "I think I'll be quite some time at her bedside." "How come?" "Well, I.." "I have to leave Tivoli, baron." "I've been called back to Padua by my relatives." "Just right now when I was considering you as part of my family?" "Why?" "What didn't suit you?" "The way we treated you?" "Or was it too much work?" "Yes, yes." "Too much work, baron." "My departure from Tivoli, I confess, was more like an escape." "Now my fate was sealed:" "I liked women terribly and women liked me terribly." "Between us, it was a true and proper war." "A strange war, with no quarter given, in which, instead of by the victor, trophies were won by the conquered:" "the husbands." "To all of them, contritely, I humbly ask forgiveness." "Except for one that I met in Corfu as a standard bearer for Venice:" "Osman Pasha." "That one introduced me to his 15 wives, making me undergo the most grueling military operation of my career." "The battle was exhausting, but victory was there." "Someone like me who had made the campaign in Tivoli was now a hardened veteran." "A far more difficult battle was fought in Venice." "A battle that will go down to posterity, if posterity chooses to care about me, with the sweet name of Luisa, Luisa of Charpillon, the most beautiful, but also most expensive lady of La Serenissima." "It was said that the Doge, under the form of an emerald, paid 20,000 florins for one of her kisses." "All of elegant Europe knew that Luisa was an uncompromising but delicious professional of her own beauty." "A woman truly.. priceless." "Our forces clashed for the first time in the foyer.." "and seeing her, I made a bet with myself:" "To make love to her.." "How should I put it?" "Without any unpleasant financial vulgarity." "Just on my account." "I also realized that her system for invoking luck during play, were based on fundamentals not dissimilar from mine." "It would make our eventual duel even more interesting." "1,000 florins." "Who wants to deal for the Countess?" " I'm here.." "I will, if you gentlemen permit." "Fine." "May I?" "Your name, sir?" " Ah.. a very modest name, ma'am:" "Giacomo Casanova." "You're always so sure of yourself." "You can have any woman at your feet, just because your name is Casanova." " No, Luisa." "You're unjust." "I love you truly." "And I'm sure that despite appearances, you have a heart of gold." "Exactly, sir, but it's not a metaphor." "Give me the 1000 florins you won from me and we'll talk more about your affection." "Oh, Luisa, why do you want to mix in money with the ardor of passion?" "Yes, because it burns better that way!" " Not for me." "Listen, Luisa, I've made it a point of honor never to degrade myself by offering money to a woman." "Think it over, Luisa." "Casanova loves you!" "Venice around us is even more beautiful because it is reflected in the blue of your eyes." "What would history say if we wasted this sublime atmosphere?" "You think that history would care?" " Yes, without a doubt." "Alright." "Then come to me tomorrow night.." "and we'll see what you can do to go down in history." "The game that we took on, continued the next evening at the home of Luisa, under the guise of an intimate dinner." "During which I realized that the game of hearts I had played by cheating on the gondola, was about to make the Queen of Diamonds be played." "While she answered me hypocritically, in spades," "I, even more hypocritically, played with flowers and feelings, knowing full well that we were at the last hand." "Oh, you're terrible!" "You almost seem sincere." "But I love you, Luisa, truly." "Believe it." "You love me, you love me!" "But if you loved me truly, you would've behaved more gracefully, more sweetly." "After all, you are the only man who has asked for such a thing." "Why don't you prove it?" "I've been doing so for more than an hour." "What do you want me to do?" "Well, now that you've asked, I.." "I no longer have the courage to say it." " No!" "Say it, please!" "I would like you to kneel down in front of me, like they did in the old days." " Is that it?" "Truly, I don't recognize you in this attitude." "It's done." " Your hand on your heart." "And the other extended towards me." " Ah, you're an adorable child!" "Is this fine?" "Let me see!" "Oh, yes!" "It's fine like that." "Perfect!" "It should also go down well in history!" "What would history say if it saw the great Casanova on his knees like a schoolboy?" " But history is made by men, my dear, and here, apart from us, there's nobody that can attest to it." "You think so?" "Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the irresistible Casanova!" "As you can see, not all women throw themselves at his feet!" "You were magnificent!" " My compliments, Luisa!" "And how hard it was to make him do it." "Come, Giacomo, don't make that face!" "My boy, you're still too young and ill equipped to obtain the heart of Luisa, which is made of solid gold!" "Well, what do you think of my joke?" "Don't you think it's worth.." "a 1000 florins?" "No, my dear lady, it's worth double." "I'm willing to bet 2000 florins.." "to get back at you." " Interesting!" "A rematch?" " As a gambler, you can't refuse me." "It's my right." "And may we know the terms of this rematch?" " With pleasure." "Please, everybody, pay attention." "It's exactly midnight, the sixteenth of May, as you gentlemen can see." "So I bet.." "that within a week, starting from this very moment, the Countess of Charpillon now present, will have granted me that which she has so cruelly denied me tonight." "Very interesting!" "It'll be the first time there's been such a bet!" "Do you accept?" "How can I reject it?" "It's all to my advantage." "Don't delude yourself, my dear, because I'll be the victor, and by winning, my victory will be much more to your advantage!" "Here's the wager." " I'll take that." "And this is the lady's." " I'll take that." "Watch out, sir, as Luisa's best friend," "I'll be by her side until the end of the bet, to make sure nothing happens." " Thank you." "And as for "nothing", believe me, your age is the best guarantee." "Gentlemen, the challenge is underway!" "I wish the contestants good luck and say to them, "En garde!"" "Countess, en garde!" "En garde, Mr. Casanova!" "I walked away with a heavy heart, a brain fervid with projects and a light purse." "Those florins were my entire fortune and I would've been sorry to part with them." "In the days that followed, I became convinced that Luisa was a veritable fortress, whose drawbridge was hard to bring down and whose powder magazine was enclosed and well defended by battlements." "However, the first rule of war was:" "disconcert the adversary with strategic moves that could disorient her." "What a pleasure to see you, Countess." "My regards." "You know what, dear?" "There's nothing better in the world than being in a light mood." "By the way, how's the challenge?" "He hasn't even had the courage to show himself!" "You'd better be careful!" "There are still four days left and Casanova is capable of anything." "I don't know what he could possibly do." "Luisa's house is always surrounded by my faithful servants!" "And I knew that, even though the house was surrounded," "Luisa thought about me as much as I thought about her." "Any noise gave rise to the fear in her that maybe I was entering her rooms." "Fear.." "or maybe hope?" "The fateful evening arrived." "Ah!" "11:30." "Time is running out, Louise!" "I believe that we can already toast your victory." "Strange that Casanova didn't even have the courage to show up!" "Why is that strange?" "You know very well he'd never give in." "Moreover, your irresistible Casanova seems to have success with only the lowest women." "How dare you generalize like that?" "Camilla, calm down." "Why do you care?" " Who said I care?" "I said it just.. to say something." "If Casanova doesn't show up, let it not be said it's due to fear." "Eh.." "Who knows!" " Maybe he doesn't think it's worth it." "No, I'm here." "Ladies." "Gentlemen." "You're late, dear, very late." "I know, but your good friend's servants only lifted their siege tonight." "Exactly, only tonight." " No matter, because I have plenty of time." "It depends on for what!" "Because there's still a half hour left until the bet is finished, as you gentlemen can see, and in a half hour, many things can happen, many things!" "Oh, what presumption!" " In a half hour, nothing can happen!" "Even in a quarter of an hour, believe me." "I think you're right." "Besides, I was able to give you a lesson in 10 minutes, no?" "You remember?" " I remember it perfectly." "Please, gentlemen, your attention!" "Let's start from the same place where a week ago, if I remember well, you interrupted an amiable conversation." "One moment!" "We were there, in your room." "And so?" " I would like, if the gentlemen permit me, to reconstruct the situation." "So, I demand, sorry, I humbly beg you to return to your room, ma'am." "Every battle has its terrain, no?" "Hurry up.." "and let's end this farce!" " The request seems reasonable to me." "The challenge should go on as normal." "One moment, I don't think so!" "The bet didn't mention any terrain!" "Idiot!" "But it was implied, no?" "But you wouldn't understand these things." "You fool!" "Don't you realize you're being insulting suspecting that a bedroom could influence me?" "Mr. Casanova, do as you will!" "Gentlemen.." " Very well." "Let's go." "Gentlemen, let's reconstruct the atmosphere of that moment." "You, Luisa, were sitting there, no?" " Yes, and so?" "While I, after depositing my rich cloak.." "Where?" "Yeah, my cloak was there." "Excuse me." "How forgetful!" "Mr. Casanova, everything will work at the appropriate time, you'll see!" "I see that you are wonderful." "When do I see you again?" " As soon as the mistress has paid the bet." "Goodbye." " Goodbye." "Excuse me, but even the smallest details are important." "You're right." "My dear, as I was saying, you were sitting there." "And you were sitting here." " Exactly." "My dear, you weren't there." "You were standing, while I, chasing you with the ardor of my passion, which, believe me, was most sincere." "Yes, gentlemen, sincere!" "I was sitting here, next to you." "You were looking at me." "We were alone." "Yes, gentlemen!" "We were alone." "Yeah, now I remember." "Or at least I thought." " Well?" "Well, now more than ever we need to be alone given that the bet must come to an end." "Gentlemen, certain things you can provide evidence for, but not the performance." "Luisa, I forbid you to be alone with this man!" "Stop it!" "The only thing I fear from him is a game of chess." "Gentlemen, to please Mr. Casanova, leave!" " Wait a minute!" "Luisa, I forbid you.." " Calm down, dear!" "If you really want to, you can stay." "I'll grant that." "If you still have the nerve for it!" " Yes, stay." "I'm really curious to know by what means he'll achieve his goal." "Perhaps the Countess of Charpillon is not aware that my friend Giuseppe Balsamo, otherwise known as Cagliostro, has taught me the art of hypnotism." "Hypnotism?" "But I don't know what you mean.." "Your eyes on me." "Your eyes on me." "Enough!" "Sleep.." "Yes.." "like that.." "like that.." "But he's a magician!" "Look!" "Magic is forbidden in Venice!" "It's illegal!" " Were your servants legal too?" "Lie back.." "And now, my dear, give in to your most honest impulses." "Yes.." "Yes.." "Like that.." "Like that.." "Like that.." ""All eyes were fixed on her."" ""Her strap had already fallen and left a glimpse of the rosy roundness,"" ""that soon there would be revealed."" ""In another moment, like Aphrodite rising from the foam of the sea,"" ""her wonderful body.."" "Damn!" "During the best part!" "Oh!" " Where were we?" "Her wonderful body.." "her wonderful.." "Ah, here it is!" ""Her wonderful body would have appeared to me in all its splendor."" ""I say, 'would have', because indeed things didn't go well."" "They didn't go well?" " They did not go well." "Really!" "Enough!" "Stop it!" " Wake up!" "Awake!" "Awake!" "What happened?" "Nothing, my fair lady, absolutely nothing." "I just wanted to prove to these gentlemen here that if I wanted to, I could have won." "I've lost, because I'm a gentleman." "The challenge is over!" "It's one minute to midnight." "How time flies." "I still thought it was eleven." "Eleven!" "The clock is striking midnight." "For regularity's sake, it'd be best to check the time with the Mori clock." "It should sound any moment." "There it is." "One.." "Two.." "Three.." " Four." "Five." " Six.." "And one more.. twelve!" "That's twelve." "It's midnight." "Luisa, we won!" "Yes, you won." "And Casanova wanted you to, because he's a gentleman." "A gentleman who leaves without saying goodbye!" " Right!" "Where did he go?" " He was ashamed by his defeat!" "Shut up, you!" "If God wills it, it's over!" " Luisa, you win!" "For you, the money from the wager." " Thank you." "And now, if you don't mind, leave me alone." " Of course." "I'm proud of you, Luisa." "You're the most virtuous woman in Venice!" "And you the most annoying!" " But, Luisa.." "Excuse me, everybody, but really I'm a little tired." "I'm going to rest." "Cheer up, come." "Ah!" "This is the first time it happened to me!" "Being taken for a ride.." "That damn Casanova!" "Didn't touch me with even a finger.." "But it's not over!" "Presumptuous and insolent!" " Here I am to serve you." "Mr.." "Casanova?" "What are you doing here?" "I came to ask forgiveness for the comedy I played tonight." "It's a little late, don't you think?" "I was about to go to bed." "And then, you shouldn't have." "You were the victim, weren't you?" " Alas, yes." "And I'm deeply distressed, believe me." "However, please accept my congratulations for the splendid victory that you received." " Thanks." "And.." "listen here.." "There's one thing I want to know." "Why didn't you ever try to win?" "Who knows!" "Maybe stupid male pride?" "Don't know." "After all what was between us.." "is now at an end." "Why?" "On the contrary, it can start now." "Now I can tell you." "I like you." "Before, I couldn't stand that conquering air.." "but now, here, defeated like Caesar after the fire of Rome.." "you're different." "Nero, my dear, Nero." " What?" "Let's forget history just for tonight, please." "Beautiful evening, eh?" "We had fun." " Thanks to Luisa, it was magnificent!" "However, I expected more from Casanova." " Ah, yes." "But how?" "It's not midnight yet?" " Right." "It's only 11:15." "Oh, God!" "And Luisa?" " So, the time had not yet expired." "Let's go back, hurry!" " Come on!" "What's going on?" " Hurry!" "Call the lady!" "I can't now!" "Excellency, she's sleeping!" "Luisa!" "Luisa!" "Well, what's the matter" " It's about Casanova!" "The time of the bet has expired." "Now leave me in peace, without poking your nose in my business!" "Wretch!" "It's not midnight yet!" "Someone must have put ahead your clocks!" " Just so." " That's right." ""Dear friend, the memory of your kisses will last at least"" ""as much as the 4000 florins." "Yours always, Giacomo Casanova."" ""20 days later, the Council of Ten arrested me."" ""But compared to the vengeful fury of that woman,"" "the Leads Prison were preferable."" ""I can say that escaping from prison has always been.. my specialty."" "Watch out, guys!" " Eyes on him!" "Go check the bolt." "Go on, read!" "Let me hear it!" ""I am a libertine, a gambler"" ""and I admit to having the habit of wanting to enjoy"" ""every fleeting moment of life."" ""That's why, no cell, not even one as low and suffocating like in the Leads,"" ""was ever an obstacle to my unbridled desire for freedom."" "Everything's fine." " OK." "Continue!" " Go ahead!" ""What bars are any good for the one who escaped from the Leads of Venice?"" "No one had ever escaped from the Leads of Venice before me." "Yet, an hour before midnight on October 31, 1756, after months of work making a hole in the cell," "I managed to move one of the slabs of the Leads with the help of Baldi, my escape partner." "We found ourselves on the roof of the Palazzo Ducale, a very steep roof on which only a fool like me could think of to getting off alive, due to the slippery slabs." "Penetrating at dawn, the halls of the Chancellery, with a desperate effort, we forced the door." "In the hall of the Council of Ten, we seized some heaven sent cloaks." "So, changed in dress and appearance, in broad daylight, we left the Doge's Palace via the Giant's staircase and reached unharmed, a gondola crossing the square in broad daylight." "In life, as in love, the most absurd things turn out the most possible." "Left alone and flying the city," "I was spotted while hiring a horse and the guards of the Serenissima didn't hesitate to give me chase." "We found his cloak." "He must be around here!" "Let's search in the square!" " Yes, in the square!" "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Long live the newlyweds!" "It was heaven who sent for my salvation that marriage." "But I soon found out that it was the bride who had been sent from heaven." "Rarely had I seen a creature of such angelic beauty." "That face, for a moment, made me forget the guards, my escape, my fatigue." "And now, for good luck, you may kiss the bride with the permission of Filippo!" "You, get in the church!" "Hooray!" "And who would you be?" "You are the mother of the bride." " Yeah." "And I'm a distant cousin of the bride." " Ah, nice to meet you!" "Filippo, look who's here!" " Tell me, mother-in-law!" "Filippo!" "My dear!" " Who are you?" "What do you mean?" "I'm a distant cousin of your wife!" " Yes!" "The boat for the newlyweds is ready!" "Come on!" " We're ready too!" "Come on." "Slowly, slowly.." "Goodbye!" "Me and Filippo's father will accompany the newlyweds a bit." "Right, dear?" "Would it be too much to ask for a boat ride?" "I must get to Mestre urgently." " Well.." " Why not, Mama?" "We mustn't be rude." "As you wish." " When we get to the Silver Trout Inn, I'll excuse myself." "There awaits me my servant to continue the journey." "Great idea!" "We can spend the night there." "Right, Dear?" " If you'd like.." "Thank you." " For what?" "It's difficult to remain calm today." "Certainly, I would've preferred to make the trip alone with my husband." "That bewitching creature knew how to deny with her eyes what she said with words.." "And I began to suspect the only thing angelic about her was her face." "Honey, do you like the inn?" " Yes, very." "Master!" "Master!" "Thank goodness you made it!" "The horses are ready outside." "Is my flight known?" " Not yet, but I wouldn't trust to that." "The inn is full of guards." " Let me greet some friends and then we'll go." "Hurry, master!" "Good evening!" "We're newlyweds." "The drinks are on me!" "Congratulations!" "I chose the Silver Trout as the first stop for my wedding." "Evening!" " Evening!" "I overheard that you intend to spend the night here?" "Yes, me and my wife." " Very honored." "Unfortunately, you must make do with a room with another traveler." "But how?" "Me and my wife?" " The hotel is full to overflowing." "Our very first night!" "Don't make that face, Dear!" "We'll have plenty of time to be alone." "By the way, dear cousin, are you sleeping here tonight?" " Yes." "All together in the same room?" "You'd be uncomfortable, don't you think?" "While you were in such a hurry to go on your way.." "Once gain, the charming bride seemed to deny with her eyes what her words spoke." "I could not, therefore, do less than to face the risk and respond to her." "I'm sorry, my dear cousins, but I'm little tired." "Right, Le Duc?" "And I think I better sleep here." " Good, good!" "Shall we go?" "Master!" "Master!" "The guards are here!" "Le Duc, this is the last time." "I promise." "I'd never refuse, on principle, to share my room with others." "That's life!" "But, before you accept, I always warn the others of something.." "that is very important." " You snore?" "If that's the case.." " No, no." "I'm a sleepwalker." "A sleepwalker?" " Yes, unfortunately." "I get up in my sleep, I walk.." "Yes, I tie myself to the bed but sometimes I untie it and go out the window." " Oh, God!" "But, please, if you happen to see me in that state, don't make the mistake in waking me, please!" "Rest assured, good man." "To wake a sleepwalker in that critical state can be fatal." " A heart attack then good night!" "Excuse me if I'm preparing the ropes." "It's very annoying." "I'm so tired from the trip and from the ceremony." "I was hoping that we weren't going to be bothered by anyone tonight." "Oh, lord." "There are ways not to be.. bothered." "You think so, Cousin?" " Why not?" "May I, gentlemen?" "What have you decided about the bed?" " Which bed?" "As you see, we have here a large bed and another smaller." "In the big bed will sleep the gentleman with his wife, the servant on the ground and you two gentlemen, how will you do with such a little bed?" "Yeah.. how will you?" "My good man, I'd like to make a proposal." " Go on." "How about playing cards to see who gets the bed?" "Agreed." "Oste, a deck, please." "With me dear sir, you've fallen into it." "If you only knew what a player I am." " Yeah?" " A champion!" "I won 3 tournaments in Milan, 7 in Savona, 9 in Turin." "You're cooked." "You don't say." "Thank you." "Are you ready?" " Yes!" "Shall I prepare the bed, Sir?" " Not yet." "Let's start then." "Excuse me, but I don't have a lot of practice with cards." "Don't be surprised, by my mixing them so." "It's strange, but I don't know how to do it any other way." "Here we go." "Shall we cut?" "One for you, one for me.." "5, 6, 7, 10, right?" "The bride and groom, as soon as the light went out, fell asleep." "At least Filippo, the groom did." "That Fulvia was asleep, I wasn't at all sure." "However, I noticed that she was lying facing my side." "Was it chance?" "Or done on purpose?" "DID YOU KNOW HE SNORES?" "WHY DID YOU MARRY HIM?" "DO YOU REALLY THINK I'M YOUR COUSIN?" "Le Duc!" " Eh?" "Le Duc!" " Huh?" "Eh?" " Shhh!" "It's me!" "You must get up." " Good!" "Are we off?" "Remember what that guy said earlier?" " Eh?" "Eh?" "But those are roofs!" "And we're 20 meters off the ground!" "I suffer from vertigo!" " So much so, you'll need to close your eyes!" "How can I wake him up?" "He's asleep!" " Figure it out!" "And don't come back if the light's out." " Yeah, but if later I.." "It always me!" "Always me!" "Who is it?" "What is it?" " It's him, the sleepwalker!" "But how?" "Didn't he go into the other room?" " No!" "It's the other one, my cousin's servant!" " Him too?" "This is an epidemic!" "Hey!" "My money!" " Don't scream!" "If you scream, he'll wake up and die." "You don't want to become a killer on this night!" "Wait a minute!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Le Duc!" "Where's my servant?" " He fell." "If he's dead, you'll pay." " It wasn't my fault!" "You could've waken me!" " Mama mia!" " Le Duc!" "Le Duc, are you still alive?" "Ah, mama mia!" "Sorry, Dear, if I left you alone.." "but it was a hell of a night." "Yes." "A hell of a night." ""It was a heaven of a night and certainly the reader will blush a bit"" ""when I tell the intimate and wonderful particulars of that sublime female,"" ""which just to remember, stirs all my nerves one by one."" ""Juno, Venus, and the beautiful Helen what would they be compared to"" ""the complexion, the cheeks of that wonderful creature?"" "I tell you, Lieutenant, you're drunk!" "Enough!" "I order you to open that door!" "I'm willing to stake my promotion Dolores isn't in her room!" " We'll see!" "It's time to end this game!" " We'll see!" "Can't you see, you've drunk too much?" "She went to bed dressed?" "I bet my my promotion, if we wake her.." "We won't wake anyone!" "My daughter is a good girl and before you touch even her strap, you have to say, "yes" before the priest!" "Come on!" "Cut the talk, I'm tired!" "So, how did it end?" " There was nothing to be done." "They locked him up in a cell." " And now we must hope in the Lord!" "I doubt the Lord and Casanova are on good terms." "You have visitors." "This way." "Go." "Giacomo Casanova, if I'm not mistaken." "I wish you were mistaken, I'm afraid to be myself." "Please, sit." "We don't find ourselves at ease in certain environments." "I am the Consul of Reichsburg at Zaragoza." "Heaven has sent you, Your Excellency!" " Not exactly!" "Mr. Casanova.." " Yes, Excellency." "Let me be frank with you." "Please, if you want to lie, go on, I'm used to it." " I don't doubt it." "Please don't interrupt me, I don't like witty people!" "I noticed." "Mr. Casanova.." " Yes?" "Because of my wife, I'm spending a night in hell!" "What do you want me to say?" "You wouldn't know how jealousy, doubts, suspicions feel to a decent man!" "And I've come on purpose to talk to you directly!" "Mr. Casanova, what is between you and my wife?" "Excellency, please, between gentlemen.." "Talk, you rascal!" "Since you.. ask me so nicely, how can I say no." "Fine then, Excellency!" "Geltrude.." " Ah!" "You know her name!" "Yes." "I met her a few years ago." "Escaping from the Leads in Venice, the only way.." "to cross the border was through.." "a coach." "But not any old coach, Excellency." "No." "A carriage equipped with a coat of arms of the Margraviate of Reichsburg." "That's how I had the honor to present myself to your wife." "Notwithstanding my menaces with a telescope, your wife initially thought me a brigand and handed over her necklace." "But, past the border, my first objective was achieved." "You see, excellency, after seeing your wife," "I thought that a second objective wouldn't be unpleasing!" "I'm Giacomo Casanova." " Casanova!" "Allow me to reattach your necklace?" "Are you crazy?" "I'm married." "The driver might have seen!" "Get off, if you're not a brigand." "I will, but promise to see me again." "Excellency, did you call me?" " No, thank you, Hans!" "Get off!" " Bye." "My first encounter with your wife, alas, ended so but I consoled myself:" "if the Reichsburg women were as beautiful as she, my stay there would be wonderful." "However, I didn't know that in the capital, the laws enacted by your margravine there was a situation hostile to my activities." "Recall that the Reichsburg lived under the nightmare of the most rigorous severity of morals that ever a nation had imposed on itself." "In the "Precinct for Morals", were dragged "merry" women, who underwent grueling interrogations to extract the names of their lovers." "You'll understand that, for me, disabled from my honorable profession, and reduced to in a few days to near starvation, there was no other choice to live." "With my last two florins, I bought myself a costume and.." "Citizens!" "Citizens!" "Come!" "Come here!" "Nearer!" "Art!" "This is, therefore.." "with the excuse of Art, is shown to your innocent little children against the decrees of your Margravia, but I.. a foreigner.." "to you in person would like you to remember.." "how much a naked human in its entirety, is ugly, vulgar, material, full of.. disharmonious scraps.." "Cover them then, oh, dear citizens.." "these scraps.. with our cloaks!" "So that your.. gracious sovereign can say to us:" "Bravo!" "Bravo!" "I was really interested to meet you." "You.." "you're Italian, if I'm not mistaken?" "At your service, your majesty." "My name is Carlo Prioreschi." "My profession is.. how do you say it.." "moralist." "I've written many books on the subject, your majesty." "Truly many." "Excellent!" "Very good, Prioreschi." "Let yourself be seen!" "Here!" "Here my ministers, is what a true defender of morals looks like!" "I had you brought here, before the Council of Ministers.." "because your proposals interest me." "Also your ideas expressed in this.." "five-year plan for the reclamation of morals." "I like it!" "I like it indeed!" "Chapter 1:" "The Noble Chastity of Man" "Therefore, the Privy Council accepts the nomination for" "Moral High Commissioner, Mr. Prioreschi here present." "An honor, Your Majesty." "Approved?" " To be honest.." " Approved!" "Come on, Mr. Prioreschi." "We will do many things together." "Those which you've demonstrated to know how to do so well." "I'm not so sure, Your Majesty." "Pardon!" "I meant that I hope I don't betray your trust." "Let's go." "I'll show you where you'll stay at the court." "A small, sweet, bare cell." "Thus began for me, a sinner, a career unthought of:" "That of a paladin fighting a campaign against sin." "I was often praised by the sovereign because my interrogation was long, long and deep.." "Very deep." "So, in Reichsburg, I had become happy in an enviable position in a country where no one knew me really except your wife, Excellency." "The drama began when I met her again!" "The meeting happened by chance on the staircase of the Ministry for the Defense of Morals." "Ah!" "You, Casanova!" "What are you doing here?" "How is that?" "Her Highness wants you as soon as possible, Commissioner." " I'm coming." "Commissioner?" "You're the Commissioner on Morality?" "If your wife had spoken, my convenient profession would've ended." "To save myself, I made her believe I did all of it just to see her again." "Alright." "Can we meet this evening?" "My husband has a diplomatic banquet." "Agreed." "Meet me tonight in Grafenburg, at my chalet." "Unfortunately, excellency, your wife, like every woman could not resist the pleasure of confiding a secret." "Oh!" "With Giacomo Casanova?" "That sinner?" "Ah, but he's such an adorable man!" "Be careful!" "He's not a man, he's a devil!" "I like to play with fire!" "To my misfortune, the confidant put into action, a system I myself as commissioner, had introduced into Reichsburg:" "an anonymous complaint sent to the Margravine." "To the Margravine of Reichsburg." "Your Majesty," "Giacomo Casanove is in the city." "I don't know under what garb he's hiding or what he looks like." "I only know that tonight, he has an assignation at the Chalet in the woods with Geltrude von Klaudof." "Master!" "If we get caught here, we'll end up on the gallows!" "You forget that I'm the Commissioner on Morality!" "And if anybody here is going to discover anything, it'll be me." "Besides, tonight I'll be busy making other discoveries." "I figured I could have some time to discover things myself!" "Fine, sir, but.." " Le Duc, calm down!" "This time your work will be easier than usual." "There will be no husbands lurking about." "It's only an excess of prudence that makes me have you watch." "Try to understand me." " Yes, but.." " Quiet!" "Here she comes!" "But with so many horses?" "It looks like a regiment!" "Master, it's not her!" "It's the Margravine!" "I'll go in alone." "As soon as I have tangible evidence, flagrant guilt," "I'll give the signal and you'll storm in immediately." "But Casanova could kill you!" "Give me this!" "I know how to defend myself." "Hurry, Le Duc, out the window!" "Come!" " Yes." "Take this!" "Stop where you are!" "Giacomo Casanova, you're my prisoner!" "Trembling, eh?" "So this is your much-vaunted immorality?" "What would your women say if they saw you in this condition?" "Your fame would collapse!" " Give me patience.." "Patience!" "A fame which, for that matter, I don't understand how you deserved!" "Why, moreover, you're a little ugly!" " Well.." "In fact, I'd even say completely ugly!" " Eh.." "Human depravity has no depths." " Right.." "People are quick to talk.." "I had only a few adventures." " Be quiet!" "Your lover hasn't yet come, but she will not be long." "We'll wait for her together!" "Sit down!" "This story about Casanova is a trick, trust me." "The soldiers are not needed." "You may retire." "Leave the Margravine to me." "Go now." " Let's go!" "Oh, sorry!" "What "sorry"?" "Where are you going?" "You came just in time!" "We need your help!" "No, Your Majesty." "My help in a tête-à-tête.." "so intimate.. is inappropriate." "You're the sovereign and can act as you see fit." "What are you imagining?" " I'm not imagining, Your Majesty." "I yield to the evidence." "A single woman and I repeat, a single woman.." "doesn't take refuge in a chalet with Casanova to discuss morals." "Anyway, I'll limit myself to arresting this villain." " Wait!" "What you were thinking is outrageous!" "I forbid you!" "Don't insist, your majesty, I beg you!" "But I'm here to find an affair!" "Casanova wasn't expecting me, but another woman!" "Right?" "Tell him!" " Come on, tell me!" "Your Majesty, it's useless to deny it:" "I was expecting you!" "I waited for you, of whom I'm madly in love from the first moment I saw you!" " What?" "Don't listen to him!" "He's a fraud!" "He's trying to justify himself by implicating me!" "But his mistress will arrive and the proof of my innocence will be her:" "Geltrude von Deinhoff, the Consul's wife!" "Oh, Geltrude, darling!" "Who are you and what are you doing?" " Me?" "I.." "was expecting you or to be honest.." "I wasn't expecting you, but since I knew that.." " Give me a break!" "Here.. here.." " You're joking, stop it!" "Geltrude, finally here, in my arms!" "Stop it!" "It's a mistake." " Silence!" "Soon we'll know the truth." "I don't know you." "Who are you?" "Allow me to introduce myself:" "Giacomo Casanova." "Giacomo Casanova?" "Don't make me laugh!" "What's does this nonsense mean?" " Hush!" "I know him!" "Why isn't he here?" "I had a date with him here and I want to know why he sent an imbecile like you!" "Better that you never know.." " Ah!" "Confess then!" "If it was he who sent you to me, tell him no one makes fun of me!" "Not even an adventurer like him!" "I'll get revenge!" "Tell him that his title of Commissioner of Morality won't even protect him!" "So, it's you!" "Majesty, calm down." "It's a misunderstanding, I'll explain.." "There's nothing to explain!" "The noose awaits you!" "Majesty, I.." " Guards!" "Your Majesty, it's raining outside." "You'll get drenched!" "It'll be colder for you when the hangman rips off your shirt to hang you!" "Majesty!" " Captain!" "Captain!" "But this is serious!" "Ah, don't be afraid!" "I've one weapon left, Le Duc." "And you know.." "how much I would've preferred not to use it against that witch!" " No!" "Lieutenant Bursch!" "Lieutenant Bursch!" "Outside, Le Duc." " But it's raining!" "Leave me alone with her!" "And let's hope that the weapon.." "doesn't break.." "against the most terrible adversary.." "of my life." "Not even my coach!" "Swindler!" "Rogue!" "I told you, you'd get drenched for no reason." "What right did you have to send away my guards?" "Remember that I've only been an ex-commissioner for a few minutes, therefore sending away the guards was my right!" "Stay away or I'll kill you like a dog!" "Trying to scare me here by holding me hostage, but, I warn you, in two hours they'll come to wake me at the palace and not finding me, they'll look for me here and have you hanged!" "And the office of Commissioner for Morals will remain vacant!" "See?" "You are soaked to the bone." "Don't touch me!" "You'll get sick like that." "Come on, get out of that dress!" "Quickly!" "Undress!" " What, haven't you ever done that once in your life?" "No?" "Keep far from me!" " Alright, alright." "Will you pass behind this screen and change?" "You don't want to command the guards when they come to arrest me in that condition?" "Don't you get close to the screen!" " No." "Or I'll crush your head like a pomegranate!" " Don't worry!" "Remember, Your Majesty that I'm a gentleman and you're.. a woman." "Even if you strive to not to be in every way:" "scolding in that funny way and wearing those unpleasant glasses, always going about surrounded by your General Staff as if you were.." "if you were a general or something like that." "I know well why you removed all the mirrors from the palace!" "You're afraid of seeing yourself ugly." "And if your majesty, I told you.." "something which I thought immediately.." "as soon as I saw you the first time.." "was that you are beautiful." "I take that back:" "gorgeous." "You're only paying a sovereign her just due." "But I'll.." "hang you just the same." "What's the matter, Mr. Casanova?" "Your Majesty," "I was just now saying.." "But I wouldn't never have imagined it!" " Not imagined what?" "I was just affirming that you were gorgeous, but I didn't realize that instead you were a marvel." "And you hope because of a few compliments, I won't have you hanged?" "No, absolutely not!" "I only ask, Your Majesty, to not deny me one grace." "One always grants a last wish to a condemned man, no?" "Talk!" " It's this.." "I.. want to hear you say, "I love you", at least once." "No, stay over there, don't move!" "I beg you.." "I beseech you with all of my heart!" "I want to hear, "I love you" from a margravine like you before I die!" "Do you dare to make fun of me?" "I want to hear it said to me from a wonderful woman like you!" "Your Majesty!" "Your Majesty, women have been my downfall, my despair." "And now.." "and now I only ask to be hanged.." "with the sweet sound of those two marvelous, stupendous words!" "I love you.." "Ah, yes." "Indeed even that sovereign proved herself to me.. a woman." "And like all women, taking leave from her kingdom, committed the imprudence to deliver to me this letter." ""If as a woman, I'll always remember you,"" ""as a sovereign, I expel you from Reichsburg."" ""That night you proved you know too much about sin"" ""and that is too dangerous for me." "Therefore, I'll never see you again,"" ""but I want you to remember." "Margherita Teresa von Kleinwert."" "Here, Excellency, is the evidence of what I recounted." "I always carry with me letters which may be useful." "I must admit that despite everything you saved my wife and me.." "from the wrath of the margravine.." "and that this letter is very compromising.." "to the honor of my sovereign." "For me it was a godsend.." "to be able to tear it from a villain like you!" "And to think that the gentleman between us was me!" "Excellency!" "Up, guys!" "A moment, Excellency." "I'll have you escorted." "No, no!" " I'm sorry, it's my duty." "If I didn't, the lieutenant might arrest me." "Rodriguez, Esteban!" "Go on!" " This way.." "Evening, Excellency!" "Excellency!" "Excuse me, but where are you going?" "Your room is upstairs!" "You got confused, eh?" "Come, I'll take you there." "And remember:" "The first in the corridor!" "Let's hope that the noise from this fiesta hasn't woken your lady." "Good night, Excellency." "Master!" "Master!" "You've done it!" "Let's go." "How beautiful she is, Le Duc!" "How beautiful!" "Wait, wait!" " Master!" "Master!" "Master!" "We have to run!" "But what are you doing?" "I accompanied him to his room, I mean the room of the consul." "Let's go to your room!" "Surround the inn and let no one out!" "Hurry!" "And just think, I thought truly that you never came to the assignation." "You see?" "One can be on time for assignations, even after 3 years!" "In here, hurry!" "It's them!" " Wait!" "Break it open!" "Who is it?" "What's happening?" "I'm sorry, Dear, but we think that villain Casanova came in here!" "I didn't hear a thing, I was sleeping." "Your cloak!" "He must still be in the inn." "Let's go!" "Guards everywhere!" " Open the cellar!" "I'm sorry, Senorita, but I'll have to pass the rest of the night here." "In your room." " In my room?" "Go!" "If once again, you enter my daughter's room, there'll be no more talk of matrimony!" "You understand?" "Yeah?" "You know what I say?" "It's me who wants nothing more to do with her!" "It's over, Dolores!" "Keep your Casanova then!" "I'll come to see you both in jail!" "Rascal!" "Repeat what you said!" "It'll cost you dear to protect a criminal!" "Threats as well, eh?" " I threaten nobody!" "Let me in to see if Casanova is there or not!" "Take another step and I'll scratch your eyes out!" " Oh, now I see everything!" "You're afraid then!" " Afraid of you?" "Come in!" "We'll see who's afraid!" " No, no.." "Well, aren't you coming in?" " Now, I don't want to come in!" "Goodbye, Dolores!" "Goodbye, Tosillo!" "Have her marry another, your daughter!" "Scaredy cat!" "I don't care two figs about you!" "And to think that I liked him." "Dolores, I'm sorry because of me, you've lost his love." "I'm not sorry at all." "Who doesn't love me, doesn't deserve me." "Do you want me, Mr. Casanova?" "You are the most beautiful girl of all Alcántara." "Very well." "Wait a minute." "I'll be back soon." "Le Duc!" "Did you hear?" " Yes!" "On this clock is about to strike the decisive hour!" "Disappear!" " Where shall I go?" "The guards are outside!" "For all I care, throw yourself out the window on fire, go.. do whatever!" "I'm ready." "Ready?" " To leave, right?" "And tomorrow, in a little out of the way church, an old priest will marry us!" "Married?" " Of course!" "Think how mad José will be!" "He should have expected it:" "I always choose the strongest." "Shall we go?" "Watch out, Giacomo!" "If you hold that hand, it'll never let go!" "My dear, the house is surrounded by guards." "Don't worry." "As long as I'm by your side José won't lift a finger." "Giacomo, beware:" "This is the kind of woman who gets married!" "Drop that hand or it'll be too late!" "Come on, Dolores." "Here I am, Casanova!" "You didn't expect me, did you?" "I confess that your presence was never welcome than it is now!" "Believe me!" " Take him, Alonzo!" "Come on, Master!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Come on, Master!" "Come on!" "Come on, here I am!" "Gentlemen, Please!" " Dear José, you need a another sword, eh?" "Another sword!" "For God's sake, be good!" "No!" "For heaven's sake!" "You're afraid, eh?" "Hurry, guards!" "They're killing each other!" "Where are you going, Dolores?" "Caramba, caballeros!" "Guardia aqui!" "Stay here!" " Let me go!" " Come here!" " No!" " I order you!" "Damn it, take that!" "Poor little lieutenant, eh?" "To die so young!" " Go on.." "Make up your mind!" " But no!" "Maybe it's better that you don't die." " What do you mean?" "Don José, your Dolores is young, naive." "Perhaps, due to my reputation, she prefers to marry me instead of you.." "Marry?" " But have no fear." "I confess that I prefer to die in a duel than in matrimony." "But you love Dolores.." "and Dolores will love the stronger." "And you never have proven yourself to be so." "I have something to offer that might persuade Dolores to the contrary." "In other words: a deal!" "Will you help me?" "I don't hear anything." " He killed him!" "Don't worry, Casanova has never lost a duel." "But I was talking about Jose!" "Come, break down the door, I'll take the lead!" "Here he is!" "Here is your great adventurer.." "tied up like a boar!" "Beaten by the lieutenant of the guard of a small town!" "A little water, please.." " José, do you feel bad?" "Water.." "Water.." "José!" "You're really wounded!" "No, it's nothing." "Bring to Madrid the prisoners, one guard will do." "The others will remain under my orders!" "José, I didn't think you were so strong." "You're truly a hero." "You're the man of my dreams." " And I always said so!" "And if that wasn't enough, they'll make you Captain!" "I don't think I'll accept." "I'd be transferred as Captain and I want to stay here.." "to make Dolores happy." "Master, this time they'll hang us for good!" "Don't worry:" "For now, I'm expiating for a wedding." "Fortunately, the bonds of this rope are much weaker than those nuptials!" "Watch out, Le Duc!" "Le Duc?" " What is it, Master?" "I'm beginning to grow old." "I'm sick of women, adventures.." "As soon as we're safe in Paris, I'll put on my slippers and put myself next to the fire and never move!" "I wish it were true!" " It's true!" "I swear!" " Oh, well.." "Which way is to France?" " France?" "Alright then.." "France.." "Over there is Turkey." " Who cares about Turkey?" "First you turn right, then left and.." " Well then?" "France is over there." " Oh.. come on!" "Excuse me, gentlemen, just a word." " At your service!" "How can I help you?" "Forgive me for disturbing you, but can you tell me the road to Spain?" "Ah, to Spain!" "It's that way." "I'm very grateful." "Go on!" "Goodbye." "Till me meet again, I hope." "Master!" "Master!" "Where are you going?" "France is this way!" "But you swore!" "Master!" "The fireplace!" "The slippers!" "It never ends!" "English subtitles by sineintegral@KG."