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Casanova attends a ball at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, but his introduction to Catherine the Great proves fruitless.

Hoping to try his luck at the court of Catherine the Great, Casanova accepts an invitation to a masked Venetian ball at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. His introduction to the Tsarina proves fruitless and he moves on to Poland, where a duel boosts his reputation. But Casanova is no longer a young man, and soon he begins to reflect on his own mortality.

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Sat 28 Jun 2008 00:30

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