Adventures of Casanova (1948) before and after restoration

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Adventures of Casanova (1948)
Before and after restoration clips

Screening at the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation (May 29–31):
https://cinema.ucla.edu/series/2026-ucla-festival-of-preservation

Cross-market Spanish-English leading man Arturo de Córdova and Lucille Bremer of “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944) star in this swashbuckling B-movie that has extraordinarily little to do with the real-life Giacomo Casanova. Summoned by a band of insurgents to lead a Sicilian rebellion against the Austrian Empire, Casanova seduces, swordfights and twists romantic complications into revolutionary intrigue. Directed by Mexican cinema icon Roberto Gavaldón, “Adventures of Casanova” was also among the first films to make use of Mexico City’s Estudios Churubusco, one of the last legacy Mexican production studios still operating today.

Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation from the 35mm nitrate original picture negative, nitrate fine grain, nitrate track negative and 16mm print. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound, FotoKem. Special thanks to Harvard Film Archive, Cinedigm.

Complete Record: Adventures of Casanova (1948) Before and after restoration clips Screening at the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation (May 29–31): https://cinema.ucla.edu/series/2026-ucla-festival-of-preservation Cross-market Spanish-English leading man Arturo de Córdova and Lucille Bremer of “Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944) star in this swashbuckling B-movie that has extraordinarily little to do with the real-life Giacomo Casanova. Summoned by a band of insurgents to lead a Sicilian rebellion against the Austrian Empire, Casanova seduces, swordfights and twists romantic complications into revolutionary intrigue. Directed by Mexican cinema icon Roberto Gavaldón, “Adventures of Casanova” was also among the first films to make use of Mexico City’s Estudios Churubusco, one of the last legacy Mexican production studios still operating today. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Film Foundation from the 35mm nitrate original picture negative, nitrate fine grain, nitrate track negative and 16mm print. Laboratory services by Roundabout Entertainment, Inc., Audio Mechanics, Simon Daniel Sound, FotoKem. Special thanks to Harvard Film Archive, Cinedigm.