Don Juan
Obratsov's Russian Puppet Theatre
DVD (NTSC/ color/ 83 min/ all region/ -R format)
$19.95

This 83 minute color video is the entire legendary production of Don Juan, filmed in Moscow in 1988 under Obratsov's personal supervision, with a short introduction by Sergei Obratsov himself. While the dialogue is in Russian, the story is clearly told through the music and movement, realized with superbly stylized rod puppets expertly operated by over a dozen puppeteers.

In this episodic, elaborately produced version of the story, Don Juan travels through Spain, Italy, Arabia, Japan, Tahiti, Russia, and Chicago musically seducing the most beautiful maidens.

Along the way Don Juan manages to make enemies of a Chicago gangster, an entire Italian family, and a particularly persistent devil, who chase him all over the world. The many locations also feature an entire chorus of dancing milkmaids, their dancing cows, an ensemble of Geisha girls, an exotic belly dancer , Flamenco dancers, and a full chorus of devils and condemned souls in "you know where".

This DVD is divided into 14 chapters that mark the beginning of each episode.

Beautifully filmed in color, this two act puppet extravaganza tells the popular Don Juan story in an entertaining and unconventional way.

We have a few VHS copies of this left at the same price, upon special request.

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