Don Giovanni : an opera in 2 acts / libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte ; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; stage production directed by Herbert Graf ; produced and directed by Paul Czinner.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoHamburg [Germany] : Deutsche Grammophon, ©2001.
Description1 videodisc (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorDa Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838 librettist.
Other author/creatorGrümmer, Elisabeth performer.
Other author/creatorDella Casa, Lisa performer.
Other author/creatorBerger, Erna, 1900-1990 performer.
Other author/creatorSiepi, Cesare performer.
Other author/creatorEdelmann, Otto performer.
Other author/creatorDermota, Anton performer.
Other author/creatorErnster, Dezső, 1898-1981 performer.
Other author/creatorBerry, Walter performer.
Other author/creatorFurtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954 conductor.
Other author/creatorHolzmeister, Clemens, 1886-1983 set designer.
Other author/creatorGraf, Herbert, 1903 or 1904-1973 producer.
Other author/creatorCzinner, Paul, 1890-1972 director.
Included WorkMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Don Giovanni.
Other author/creatorDeutsche Grammophon (Firm)
Other author/creatorKonzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.
Other author/creatorWiener Philharmoniker.
Other author/creatorUnitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
Other author/creatorSalzburger Festspiele.
Variant title Additional title screen title: Mozart's Don Giovanni
Abstract The story of an attempted seduction by Don Giovanni which leads to the death of the Commendatore the father of Donna Anna the target of the seducer. Don Ottavio, fiancé of Donna Anna upon learning of the death of the Commendatore swears to avenge his death.
General note"A production of UNITEL Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co., Munich"--Container.
General noteProgram notes by Gottfried Kraus and synopsis in English, German and French (24 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
CreditsDirector of make-up, George Claff, Peter Hamilton ; camera operators, Arthur Elvin, Geoffrey Simpson, Kenneth Nicholson ; editor, Philip Hudsmith ; director of photography, S.D. Onions ; director of technique, Alfred Travers ; set design by Clemens Holzmeister.
Performer Otto Edelmann (Leporello), Elisabeth Grümmer (Donna Anna), Cesare Siepi (Don Giovanni), Deszö Ernster (The Commendatore), Anton Dermota (Don Ottavio), Lisa Della Casa (Donna Elvira), Erna Berger (Zerlina), Walter Berry (Masetto), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteFilmed at the Salzburg Festival, 1954.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD, full screen presentation; PCM mono.
LanguageSung in Italian; with subtitles in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish or Chinese.
Genre/formMusic videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
UPC 044007301999
Publisher number073 019-9 Deutsche Grammophon