Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo | |
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Directed by | Roberto Gavaldón |
Screenplay by | Carlos Blanco |
Based on | Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes |
Produced by | Francisco Ruiz Luis F. Rodríguez María Luisa Llorente María Teresa Saéz Roberto Gavaldón |
Starring | Cantinflas Fernando Fernán Gómez |
Cinematography | Francisco Sempere |
Edited by | Juan Serra |
Music by | Waldo de los Ríos |
Production companies | Estudios Cinematográficos Roma Rioma Films Producciones Óscar |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Countries | Spain Mexico |
Language | Spanish |
Box office | 69,807,068 pesetas (Spain) |
Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (English: Don Quijote Rides Again) is a 1973 Spanish-Mexican comedy film directed by Roberto Gavaldón,[1] loosely based on Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote and starring Cantinflas as Sancho Panza, Fernando Fernán Gómez as Don Quixote, and as Dulcinea.
Plot[]
Don Quijote is obsessed with chivalry and its codes of honour. Accompanied by his peculiar squire Sancho Panza, he embarks on a series of adventures in which he is mocked and tricked by some, while others try to help him recover his sanity. But neither Don Quixote nor Sancho give up trying to protect humanity.
Cast[]
- Cantinflas as Sancho Panza
- Fernando Fernán Gómez as Alonso Quijano "Don Quijote"
- as Aldonza Lorenzo "Dulcinea del Toboso"
- as Altisidora (credited as Mary Francis)
- as Bachelor Sansón Carrasco
- as Judge
- as Duke
- as Pedro Pérez, the parish priest
- Laly Soldevila as Duchess
- María Luisa Ponte as Landlady of Don Alonso Quijano
- Valeriano Andrés as Master Nicholas, the barber (credited as Valeriano de Andres)
- Rafael Hernández as Young man in the street with Aldonza
- Manuel Alexandre as Young man in court case tried by Sancho Panza
- as Angulo the Bad, comedian
- Agustín González as Duke's Butler
- Valentín Tornos as Baldomero Fernández, notary
- Diana Lorys as Young woman in court case tried by Sancho Panza
- as Miguel de Cervantes
Filming locations[]
- Peñaranda de Duero
- Talamanca de Jarama
- Villaseca de Uceda
- Torrelaguna
- Manzanares el Real
- La Pedriza
- El Romeral
- Consuegra
- , Madrid, Spain
Awards and honors[]
The film was shown in the 2019 edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival as part of a retrospective of Roberto Gavaldón's work.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ de Paranaguá, p. 193
- ^ "El Festival de Cine de San Sebastián dedicará su próxima retrospectiva al mexicano Roberto Gavaldón" [The San Sebastian Film Festival will dedicate its next retrospective to Mexican Roberto Gavaldón]. Alianza News (in Spanish). 28 March 2019.
- ^ "San Sebastian Film Festival: Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo / Don Quixote Rides Again". San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Bibliography[]
- de Paranaguá, Paulo Antonio. Mexican Cinema. British Film Institute, 1995.
External links[]
- 1973 films
- Spanish-language films
- Spanish films
- Mexican films
- Films based on Don Quixote
- 1970s adventure films
- 1973 drama films
- 1970s buddy films
- 1970s Spanish film stubs
- 1970s Mexican film stubs