Don Quixote

Don Quixote

100 mins | Drama | May 23, 1957

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.

Don Quixote

100 mins | Drama | May 23, 1957

Don Quixote
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Дон Кихот
Directors Grigori Kozintsev
Writers Miguel de Cervantes, Yevgeni Shvarts

Cast

Nikolai Cherkasov

as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano (as N. Cherkasov)

Yuriy Tolubeev

as Sancho Panza (as Yu. Tolubeyev)

Serafima Birman

as Ekonomka (as S. Birman)

Svetlana Grigoreva

as Plemyannitsa Don Quijota

Vladimir Maksimov

as Svyashchennik (as V. Maksimov)

Viktor Kolpakov

as Tsyryulnik (as V. Kolpakov)

Lyudmila Kasyanova

as Aldonsa - Dulcinea del Toboso (as L. Kasyanova)

Tamilla Aghamirova

as Altisidora (as T. Agamirova)

Georgiy Vitsin

as Sanson Carrasco (as G. Vitsin)

Bruno Frejndlikh

as Gertsog (as V. Freindlich)

Lidiya Vertinskaya

as Gertsoginya (as LL. Vertinskaya)

Galina Volchek

as Maritornes (as G. Volchek)

Olga Viklandt

as Krestyanka (as O. Vikland)

Aleksandr Benyaminov

as Pastukh (as A. Beniaminov)

S. Tsomayev

as Andres - Pastushonok