Don Quixote (1957 film)

Don Quixote
1957 film poster by Vladimir Kononov
Directed by	Grigori Kozintsev
Written by	Miguel de Cervantes Yevgeni Shvarts
Starring	Nikolai Cherkasov Yuri Tolubeyev
Cinematography	Apollinari Dudko Andrei Moskvin
Edited by	Ye. Makhankova
Music by	Gara Garayev
Distributed by	Lenfilm
Release date	15 October 1957 (1957-10-15)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

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.^[1]

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.

Cast[]

• Nikolai Cherkasov as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano
• Yuri Tolubeyev as Sancho Panza
• Serafima Birman as The Housekeeper
• as Aldonsa (as L. Kasyanova)
• as The Niece
• Vladimir Maksimov as The Priest
• as The Barber
• Tamilla Agamirova as Lady Altisidora (as T. Agamirova)
• Georgiy Vitsin as Sanson Carrasco
• Bruno Freindlich as The Duke (as V. Freindlich)
• Lidiya Vertinskaya as The Duchess
• Galina Volchek as Maritornes (as G. Volchek)

References[]

External links[]

• Don Quixote at AllMovie
• Don Quixote at IMDb

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