Casanova Variations has released its first trailer, Digital Spy said.

John Malkovich plays Giacomo Casanova and himself in Michael Sturminger's film.

The film tells two stories from the life of the famous lothario, whose name is synonymous with romance and seduction.

It also tells a tale of the production of The Giacomo Variations stage play, which Sturminger directed and Malkovich starred in.

Malkovich famously played a fictionalised version of himself once before in Spike Jonze's 1999 film Being John Malkovich.

Veronica Ferres, Florian Boesch, Miah Persson, Anna Prohaska, Maria João Bastos, Lola Naymark, Kerstin Avemo, Kate Lindsey, Fanny Ardant and Jonas Kaufmann also feature in the film.

Casanova Variations is expected to be released in 2015.