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
Music by	Gara Garayev
Cinematography	Apollinari Dudko Andrei Moskvin
Edited by	Ye. Makhankova
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] It opened in the United States in 1961, beginning its U.S. run on January 20.^[2]

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
• Lyudmila Kasyanova as Aldonsa (as L. Kasyanova)
• Svetlana Grigoryeva as The Niece
• Vladimir Maksimov as The Priest
• Viktor Kolpakov 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)
• Olga Vikland as Peasant girl
• Aleksandr Benyaminov as Shepherd
• S. Tsomayev as Andres, the shepherd boy

References

External links

• Don Quixote at AllMovie
• Don Quixote on IMDb