---
title: 'Don Giovanni (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph Losey'
released: '1979-11-06'
runtime_minutes: 176
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/don-giovanni-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079063/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Don Giovanni (1979)

1979 · 176 min · Music · Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy


## Synopsis

Don Giovanni is a 1979 musical film directed and produced by Joseph Losey, based on Mozart's classic 1787 opera Don Giovanni, itself based on the Don Juan legend of a seducer, destroyed by his excesses. The film stars Ruggero Raimondi in the title role, along with John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kenneth Riegel, José van Dam and Teresa Berganza. Mozart's score was conducted by Lorin Maazel and performed by the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph Losey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-losey)
- **Screenplay:** [Joseph Losey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-losey), [Lorenzo Da Ponte](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorenzo-da-ponte), [Rolf Liebermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-liebermann), [Renzo Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/renzo-rossellini-2)
- **Producer:** [Renzo Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/renzo-rossellini-2), [Michel Seydoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-seydoux)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gerry Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-fisher)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-beck)

## Cast

- [Edda Moser](https://cinepixo.com/people/edda-moser)
- [Teresa Berganza](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-berganza)
- [Kenneth Riegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-riegel)
- [John Macurdy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-macurdy)
- [José van Dam](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-van-dam) as Leporello
- [Ruggero Raimondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruggero-raimondi) as Don Giovanni
- [Kiri Te Kanawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiri-te-kanawa)

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