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Don Quixote is a russe film of genre Drama directed by Grigori Kozintsev released in USA on 20 january 1961 with Nikolai Cherkasov

Don Quixote (1957)

Дон Кихот

Don Quixote
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Released in USA 20 january 1961
Length 1h50
Directed by
OriginRussie
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Adventure
Rating72% 3.635063.635063.635063.635063.63506

Don Quixote (Russian: Дон Кихот, translit. Don Kikhot) is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on Evgeny Shvartz's stage adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes's novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. It opened in the United States in 1961, beginning its U.S. run on January 20.

The film was exhibited in the mid-1960s by Australian University film clubs receiving the productions of Sovexportfilm. It was the first film version of Don Quixote to be filmed in both widescreen and color.

Synopsis

Alfonso Quijano, un fier hidalgo, a lu tellement de livres de chevalerie qu'il finit par se prendre pour Don Quichotte de la Mancha. Accompagné par son fidèle ami et écuyer Sancho Panza, le señor Quijano parcourt la campagne de son pays à cheval à la recherche d'actions héroïques à effectuer. Au cours de leur périple, ils sauvent par hasard une belle jeune femme, la gente demoiselle Altisidora. Celle-ci, amusée par ces deux étranges personnages, les invitent à la cour. Plus tard, Don Quichotte va libérer des prisonniers et se battre contre des moulins qu'il croît être des créatures magiques.

Actors

Nikolai Cherkasov

(Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano)
Georgy  Vitsin

(Sanson Carrasco)
Vladimir Maksimov

(The Priest)
Bruno Freindlich

(The Duke (as V. Freindlich))
Galina Volchek

(Maritornes)
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