Film inspired on the character from "Don Juan Tenorio" , as Don Juan (Antonio Vilar) devotes his life to seduce girls , taking great pride in his ability to conquer women of all ages and stations in life . "What a long term you are giving me!" (Que Largo Me Lo Fiaís) is the aphorism that Don Juan lives by . His seductive lifestyle brings with it all the faces in the world , and its tremor comes from the fact that it knows itself to be mortal . Don Juan , chased by the Justice , is finally pardoned and goes back to his natal city , Seville , leaving Venice . While he sails aboard a galleon , Don Juan meets a beautiful woman Lady Ontiveras (Annabella) who falls for him . Shortly after , he arrives in Sevilla and learns his father has died and has left two conditions to inherit his valuable inheritance : to lead an honorable existence and marry the virtuous Doña Inés (Maria Rosa Salgado) . The womanizer Don Juan helped by his servant (Jose Ramón Giner) will not hesitate to figure out a scheme to get the money , while he goes on seducing women (Maria Asquerino , Mary Lamar) , Don Juan even disguised himself , as an executioner , and used other identities in order to seduce females as he pleased . Along the way encountering : confrontation , duels and rivals . He will not hesitate either to make love and lie to the beauty Inés , who attempts to remain chaste until marriage . He fights various contenders (Mario Berriatua , Manolo Morán) and kills Don Gonzalo (Santiago Rivero) , the father of the woman he has seduced . However , he finally repents of all his wrongdoings .|
Freely based on Tirso De Molina and José Zorrilla plays : ¨El Burlador De Sevilla¨ and ¨Don Juan Tenorio¨ and screenplay by the prestigious Carlos Blanco and the same director , here Don Juan is portrayed as a rogue libertine , a shapeshifter who has to eventually pay for his sins . He is a very interesting character , compound of Cruelty and Lust . Writer Tirso reminds us that we must pay for our actions , and that in the end, death makes us all equal . Tirso's original play was meant as religious parable against Don Juan's sinful ways , and similarly to this film , he ends tragically . At the end Don Juan regrets himself , because he believed that in the final , as long as he repented before he died , he would receive the grace to enter heaven . The film is full of love stories , seduction , duels , spectacular sword-play and undoubtedly has his sensuous moments . Antonio Vilar gives a passable acting , and the support cast is frankly excellent , such as : Enrique Guitart , Fernando Fernández De Córdoba , Mary Lamar , Manolo Moran , Maria Asquerino , Nicolás Perchicot , Santiago Rivero , Rafael Bardem , Beni Deus , Joaquin Roa , and several others . It displays an evocative musical score by Manuel Parada . And an atmospheric cinematography in black and white by Alfredo Fraile .
The motion picture was professionally directed by José Luis Sáenz De Heredia , it had big success as critics as public ; but , nowadays , it results to be dated , boring , tiring and overlong . Controversial figure in Spain because of his strong and unabashed support of dictator Francisco Franco , Heredia made a lot of films : dramas and comedies , especially . He was a writer and director, known for : ¡¡Se Armó El Belén!! (1970) , Historias De La radio (1955) , La Verbena De La Paloma , Todo Es Possible En Granada , Faustina , Mariona Rebull , El Escandalo , Las Aguas Bajan Negras , Franco Ese Hombre and Raza (1942) whose screenwriter was Francisco Franco .
This famous myth about Don Juan has several cinematic renditions such as : Silent version ¨The private life of Don Juan¨ by Douglas Fairbanks , ¨Adventures of Don Juan¨ with Errol Flynn , Viveca Lindfords , ¨Nights and Loves of Don Juan¨ by Alfonso Brescia with Robert Hoffman , Edwige Fenech , ¨Don Juan of Moliere¨ starred and directed by Jacques Wever with Penélope Cruz , ¨Don Giovanni¨ composed by Mozart with Ruggero Raimondi , ¨Don Juan De Marco¨ with Johnny Depp , Marlon Brando , ¨Don Juan De Los Infiernos¨ by Gonzalo Suarez with Fernando Guillen , ¨Don Juan Mi Querido Fantasma¨ by Antonio Mercero with Juan Luis Galiardo and ¨Don Jon¨ (2013) written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt , among others .
Freely based on Tirso De Molina and José Zorrilla plays : ¨El Burlador De Sevilla¨ and ¨Don Juan Tenorio¨ and screenplay by the prestigious Carlos Blanco and the same director , here Don Juan is portrayed as a rogue libertine , a shapeshifter who has to eventually pay for his sins . He is a very interesting character , compound of Cruelty and Lust . Writer Tirso reminds us that we must pay for our actions , and that in the end, death makes us all equal . Tirso's original play was meant as religious parable against Don Juan's sinful ways , and similarly to this film , he ends tragically . At the end Don Juan regrets himself , because he believed that in the final , as long as he repented before he died , he would receive the grace to enter heaven . The film is full of love stories , seduction , duels , spectacular sword-play and undoubtedly has his sensuous moments . Antonio Vilar gives a passable acting , and the support cast is frankly excellent , such as : Enrique Guitart , Fernando Fernández De Córdoba , Mary Lamar , Manolo Moran , Maria Asquerino , Nicolás Perchicot , Santiago Rivero , Rafael Bardem , Beni Deus , Joaquin Roa , and several others . It displays an evocative musical score by Manuel Parada . And an atmospheric cinematography in black and white by Alfredo Fraile .
The motion picture was professionally directed by José Luis Sáenz De Heredia , it had big success as critics as public ; but , nowadays , it results to be dated , boring , tiring and overlong . Controversial figure in Spain because of his strong and unabashed support of dictator Francisco Franco , Heredia made a lot of films : dramas and comedies , especially . He was a writer and director, known for : ¡¡Se Armó El Belén!! (1970) , Historias De La radio (1955) , La Verbena De La Paloma , Todo Es Possible En Granada , Faustina , Mariona Rebull , El Escandalo , Las Aguas Bajan Negras , Franco Ese Hombre and Raza (1942) whose screenwriter was Francisco Franco .
This famous myth about Don Juan has several cinematic renditions such as : Silent version ¨The private life of Don Juan¨ by Douglas Fairbanks , ¨Adventures of Don Juan¨ with Errol Flynn , Viveca Lindfords , ¨Nights and Loves of Don Juan¨ by Alfonso Brescia with Robert Hoffman , Edwige Fenech , ¨Don Juan of Moliere¨ starred and directed by Jacques Wever with Penélope Cruz , ¨Don Giovanni¨ composed by Mozart with Ruggero Raimondi , ¨Don Juan De Marco¨ with Johnny Depp , Marlon Brando , ¨Don Juan De Los Infiernos¨ by Gonzalo Suarez with Fernando Guillen , ¨Don Juan Mi Querido Fantasma¨ by Antonio Mercero with Juan Luis Galiardo and ¨Don Jon¨ (2013) written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt , among others .