Casanova ’70 DVD – Marco Ferreri , Marcello Mastroianni

1960s Italian sex comedy directed by Mario Monicelli. Marcello Mastroianni stars as Major Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, who is impotent unless there is a very real element of danger present in his wooing of women. When his lecherous psychiatrist tries to convince Andrea to give up women, it soon becomes obvious that the good doctor has an agenda of his own.

Marcello Mastroianni portrays the handsome lover Casanova pitted against a thoroughly modern woman This is a legendary hero often depicted in movies but this time he is portrayed with a slightly different problem – the only time he’s in the mood is when he feels that he is in danger His job as NATO officer offers plenty of opportunity for his sexual arousal problems to be assuaged

Marcello Mastroianni (La Dolce Vita 8′) stars in this classic Italian romp about Officer Andrea Rossi-Colombotti a dashing army office attached to NATO. Love and ladies are his sole pursuit as he blithely hops from bed to bed with Italy’s most beautiful actresses; Virna Lisi Marisa Mell Liana Orfei and Michele Mercier. However he has an unusual libido where he can only perform when his life is in danger. With the element of danger always close this is Marcello’s answer to James Bond 007 but with even more ravishing women and incredible landscapes of Italy France and the Swiss Alps. When he starts orchestrating his love life he has to avoid each of his lovers discovering the other thus he finds himself in some hilariously embarrassing scenarios.