Summary
Popular French actress Jeanne Moreau starred in this 1969 love drama made by director Jean-Louis Richard in a coproduction with France. The feature film’s “international” plot sees French architect Julien arrive in Prague to draw inspiration from the theatre where the premiere of Mozart’s Don Giovanni opera took place in 1787 (the theatre in question is the Estates Theatre; it was known as Teatro di Praga at the time of the premiere). In Prague, Julien has a rendezvous with a former lover, the artist Diana. She accompanies him when he returns to France, something which distresses his present lover. Julien’s pathological jealousy and his reading of writings by Heinrich von Kleist result in a catastrophe… Charles Denner is Moreau’s acting partner in this almost forgotten love drama. Cameraman Miroslav Ondříček also contributed greatly to its making. A Czech-dubbed version of Tělo Diany (The Body of Diana) was overseen by Jiří Menzel.
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