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Don Quixote

Don Quixote

19576.61h 42m

Overview

Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza on a mule, to perform valiant deeds. They mistakenly save the Lady Altisidora who is so amused that she invites them to visit the Duke to provide some merriment at court. Among other deeds, Don Quixote frees some prisoners, who then turn upon him, and Don Quixote attacks a windmill that he imagines is a monstrous wizard.

Directed by Grigori Kozintsev
Written by Miguel de Cervantes, Yevgeni Shvarts
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Top Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov

Nikolai Cherkasov

Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano

Yuriy Tolubeev

Yuriy Tolubeev

Sancho Panza

Serafima Birman

Serafima Birman

ekonomka

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Svetlana Grigoreva

plemyannitsa Don Quijota

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Vladimir Maksimov

svyashchennik

Viktor Kolpakov

Viktor Kolpakov

tsyryulnik

Lyudmila Kasyanova

Lyudmila Kasyanova

Aldonsa - Dulcinea del Toboso

Tamilla Aghamirova

Tamilla Aghamirova

Altisidora

Georgiy Vitsin

Georgiy Vitsin

Sanson Carrasco

Bruno Frejndlikh

Bruno Frejndlikh

gertsog

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookwindmillchivalry

About Don Quixote

Don Quixote is a adventure, drama film released in 1957 exploring themes of based on novel or book, windmill, chivalry. Directed by Grigori Kozintsev, it stars Nikolai Cherkasov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Serafima Birman. Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza on a mule, to perform valiant deeds. They mistakenly save the Lady Altisidora who is so amused that she invites them to visit the Duke to provide some merriment at court. Among other deeds, Don Quixote frees some prisoners, who then turn upon him, and Don Quixote attacks a windmill that he imagines is a monstrous wizard.

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