Don Quixote (1957 film)
Don Quixote | |
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![]() 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 |
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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[]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Don Quixote". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
External links[]
- Don Quixote at AllMovie
- Don Quixote at IMDb
Categories:
- 1957 films
- Russian-language films
- 1950s historical drama films
- Soviet films
- Soviet historical drama films
- Films based on Don Quixote
- Films based on works by Evgeny Shvarts
- Films directed by Grigori Kozintsev
- Films set in Spain
- Films set in the 1600s
- 1950s Soviet film stubs