Don Quixote (1957 film)
1957 film by Grigori Kozintsev
- 15 October 1957 (1957-10-15)
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Don Quixote (Russian: Дон Кихот, translit. Don Kikhot) is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on Evgeny Schwartz'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
- Nikolay Cherkasov as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano
- Yuri Tolubeyev as Sancho Panza
- Serafima Birman as The Housekeeper
- Lyudmila Kasyanova as Aldonsa
- Svetlana Grigoryeva as The Niece
- Vasily Maksimov as The Priest
- Viktor Kolpakov as The Barber
- Tamilla Agamirova as Lady Altisidora
- Georgy Vitsin as Sanson Carrasco
- Bruno Freindlich as The Duke
- Lidiya Vertinskaya as The Duchess
- Galina Volchek as Maritornes
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Don Quixote". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
External links
- Don Quixote at AllMovie
- Don Quixote at IMDb
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Films directed by Grigori Kozintsev
- The Adventures of Oktyabrina (1924)
- Mishki versus Yudenich (1925)
- The Devil's Wheel (1926)
- The Overcoat (1926)
- The Club of the Big Deed (1927)
- Little Brother (1927)
- The New Babylon (1929)
- Alone (1931)
- The Youth of Maxim (1935)
- The Return of Maxim (1937)
- The Vyborg Side (1938)
- The Young Fritz (1943)
- Simple People (1946)
- Pirogov (1947)
- Belinsky (1953)
- Don Quixote (1957)
- Hamlet (1964)
- King Lear (1971)
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