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Don Quixote is a espagnol film of genre Drama directed by Orson Welles released in USA on 1 january 1992 with Akim Tamiroff
Don Quixote (1992)
Don Quijote de Orson Welles
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Add to a movie listDon Quixote or Don Quixote de Orson Welles is an unfinished film project produced, written and directed by Orson Welles. Principal photography was between 1957 and 1969; while test footage was filmed as early as 1955, second-unit photography was done as late as 1972, and Welles was working on the film on and off until his death in 1985.
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Les aventures du Chevalier à la triste figure perdu entre la Terre et la Lune, confrontant le monde ancien à la modernité, dans une Espagne rêvée et reconstituée qui le conduit de la Manche à Pampelune en passant par l’Estrémadure… accompagné de son fidèle serviteur.Actors
Akim Tamiroff
(Sancho Panza)
Paola Mori
Orson Welles
(Self)
Patty McCormack
Fernando Rey
(Closing Scene Narrator (voice) (uncredited))
Constantino Romero
(Narrator (voice))
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, 1h55Directed by Orson Welles
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady
Rating75%
The film opens with Sir John Falstaff and Justice Shallow walking through the snow, then to a warm fire inside the Boar's Head Tavern as the two reminisce. After a main credit sequence, the narrator explains that King Henry IV of England has succeeded Richard II, whom he had killed. Richard II's true heir, Edmund Mortimer, is a prisoner in Wales, and Mortimer's cousins Northumberland, Worcester and Northumberland's son Hotspur demand that Henry rescue Mortimer. Henry refuses and Northumberland, Worcester and Hotspur begin to plot his overthrow.
The Immortal Story (1968)
, 58minutesDirected by Orson Welles
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jeanne Moreau, Norman Eshley, Orson Welles, Roger Coggio, Fernando Rey
Rating69%
In 19th century Macao, Mr. Clay (Orson Welles) is a wealthy merchant at the end of his life. His only constant companion is his bookkeeper, a Polish-Jewish emigrant named Levinsky (Roger Coggio). One evening, Levinsky mentions an apocryphal story of a rich old man who offers a sailor five guineas to impregnate his wife. Clay becomes obsessed in making that legendary tale come true, and Levinsky is dispatched to find a sailor and a young woman who will play the part of Clay’s wife. Levinsky approaches Virginie (Jeanne Moreau), the daughter of Clay’s one-time business partner. Clay’s ruthless dealings drove Virginie’s father to bankruptcy and suicide, and she is eager to participate in this action to get her revenge. The destitute sailor, a young Englishman named Paul (Norman Eshley), is discovered on the street and recruited. Virginie and Paul find an emotional bond in their brief union, but go their separate ways – Virginie is exorcised of her bitterness against Clay while Paul disappears into Macao’s teeming streets. Levinsky goes to inform Clay about what took place, but discovers the old merchant has died.
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
, 1h39Directed by Orson Welles
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Robert Arden, Paola Mori, Akim Tamiroff, Michael Redgrave, Patricia Medina, Orson Welles
Rating70%
Guy Van Stratten, a small-time American smuggler working in Europe, is at the scene of the murder of a man named Bracco. The dying man whispers two names that he claims are very valuable, one of which is Gregory Arkadin. Using this small bit of information and lots of bluffing, Van Stratten manages to meet the apparent multi-millionaire business magnate and socialite Arkadin, and Arkadin then hires Van Stratten to research his own past, of which he claims to have no memory before 1927.
Touch of Evil (1958)
, 1h35Directed by Orson Welles, Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff
Rating79%
On the U.S.-Mexico border, a time bomb is planted in a car. A man and woman enter the vehicle and make a slow journey through town to the U.S. border, the woman (Joi Lansing) insisting that she hears something ticking. Newlyweds Miguel "Mike" Vargas (Charlton Heston), a drug enforcement official in the Mexican government, and Susie (Janet Leigh) pass the car several times on foot. The car crosses the border, then explodes, killing the occupants. (The cut to the exploding car is the first one in the film, the single-camera opening sequence lasting nearly three and one-half minutes.)
Black Magic (1949)
, 1h45Directed by Orson Welles, Gregory Ratoff
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Themes Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff, Orson Welles, Frank Latimore, Valentina Cortese, Margot Grahame
Rating63%
Alexandre Dumas, Sr. (Berry Kroeger) tells his son Alexander Dumas, Jr. (Raymond Burr) the story of Joseph Balsamo (Orson Welles). Through flashbacks we learn that Balsamo was a French gypsy boy who endured much hardship. He was tortured under the command of Viscount de Montagne (Stephen Bekassy) and his parents were ordered to hang. Some years later, he learns the secrets of hypnosis from Dr. Mesmer (Charles Goldner). Ignoring the doctor's advice that he use his powers for healing, he exploits his new talent to the full; gaining wealth, fame and prestige. After changing his name to Count Cagliostro, he becomes famous all over Europe. Things begin to go downhill when he enters a plot to substitute a young girl called Lorenza (Nancy Guild) for the French queen Marie Antoinette along with gypsies Gitano (Akim Tamiroff) and Zoraida (Valentina Cortese).
The Trial (1962)
, 2hDirected by Orson Welles
Origin German
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff, Elsa Martinelli
Rating75%
Josef K. (Anthony Perkins) is sleeping in his bedroom, in an apartment he shares with other lodgers. He is awakened when a man in a suit opens his bedroom door. Josef assumes the glib man is a policeman, but the intruder does not identify himself and ignores Josef's demand to produce police ID. Several detectives enter and tell Josef he is under open arrest. In another room Josef K. sees three co-workers from his place of employment; they are there to provide evidence regarding some unstated crime. The police refuse to inform Josef K. of his misdeeds, or if he is even being charged with a crime, and they do not take him into custody.
In the Land of Don Quixote (1964)
, 30minutesDirected by Orson Welles
Actors Orson Welles, Arnoldo Foà, Paola Mori
Rating69%
Directed by Orson Welles
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about television, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Orson Welles, Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Paola Mori
Rating72%
Don Quixote (1947)
, 2h17Directed by Rafael Gil
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Buddy films
Actors Rafael Rivelles, Fernando Rey, Sara Montiel, Francisco Rabal, Manolo Morán León, Rafael Romero Marchent
Rating67%
The Southern Star (1969)
, 1h44Directed by Orson Welles, Sidney Hayers
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry, Michel Constantin, Georges Géret
Rating54%
Fortune hunter Dan Rockland (George Segal) comes to West Africa pretending to be a geologist. He is actually employed by Kramer (Harry Andrews), whose business is diamonds, and when Kramer's workers discover a huge uncut gem, Rockland is sent to retrieve it.