Don Quixote (1947)
March 1, 1947Release Date
Don Quixote (1947)
March 1, 1947Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Rafael Rivelles
Don Quijote (Don Quixote)
Juan Calvo
Sancho Panza
Fernando Rey
Sansón Carrasco
Manolo Morán
Barber
Sara Montiel
Antonia
Guillermo Marín
Duke
Juan Espantaleón
Priest
Nani Fernández
Dorotea
María Asquerino
Luscinda
José María Seoane
Cardenio
Carmen de Lucio
Tolosa
Guillermina Grin
Duchess
Eduardo Fajardo
Don Fernando
Alfredo Fraile
Cinematographer
Rafael Gil
Director
Julia Lajos
Second Innkeeper's Wife
Miguel de Cervantes
Writer
Félix Fernández
Second Innkeeper
Manuel Requena
First Innkeeper
Antonio Abad Ojuel
Writer
Juan Manuel de Rada
Producer
José Prada
Trifaldín
Ernesto Halffter
Composer
Julia Caba Alba
Housekeeper
Alfredo Fraile
Cinematographer
Arturo Marín
Doña Florida's Butler
Juan Serra
Editor
Mariano Alcón
Segundo Insulano (Second Islander)
Enrique Alarcón
ProductionDesigner
Eduardo Torre de la Fuente
ProductionDesigner
Fernando Aguirre
Tomé Cecial (uncredited)
Antonio Almorós
Merlín (uncredited)
Matilde Artero
Doña Rodríguez (uncredited)
Francisco Bernal
Labrador (Farmer) (uncredited)
Matilde Conesa
Innkeeper's Daughter (uncredited)
Mary Cruz
Maritornes (uncredited)
José Cuenca
Mercader (Merchant) (uncredited)
Ángel de Andrés
Primer Caballero (First Gentleman) (uncredited)
Rafael Durán
(voice) (uncredited)
Enrique Herreros
Doctor Pedro Recio (uncredited)
Casimiro Hurtado
Second Barber (uncredited)
Agustín Laguilhoat
Alquife (uncredited)
Milagros Leal
La Molinera (uncredited)
Cándida Losada
Mujer (uncredited)
Francisco Rabal
(uncredited)
Antonio Riquelme
Porquero (Swineherd) (uncredited)
Luis Rivera
Galeote (Galley Slave) (uncredited)
Santiago Rivero
Segundo Cuadrillero (Second Gang Leader) (uncredited)
Rafael Romero Marchent
Lacayo (Lackey) (uncredited)
Conrado San Martín
Segundo Caballero (Second Gentleman) (uncredited)
Manuel San Román
Primer Guardián (First Guard) (uncredited)
Emilio Santiago
Pedro Alonso (uncredited)
José Santoncha
Galeote (Galley Slave) (uncredited)
Juan Vázquez
Sastre (Tailor) (uncredited)
Ángel Álvarez
Segundo Fraile (Second Friar) (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1947
Original NameDon Quijote de la Mancha
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Genres
Wiki.
Don Quixote or Don Quixote de la Mancha (orig. Spanish title Don Quijote de la Mancha) is the first sound film version in Spanish of the great classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. It was directed and adapted by Rafael Gil and released in 1947. A huge undertaking for Spanish cinema in its day, it was the longest film version of the novel up to that time (two hours and twelve minutes, plus an intermission), and very likely the most faithful, reverently following the book in its dialogue and order of episodes, unlike G.W. Pabst's 1933 version and the later Russian film version, which scrambled up the order of the adventures as many film versions do. Characters such as Cardenio, Dorotea, and Don Fernando, which are usually omitted because their respective subplots have little to do with the main body of the novel, were kept in this film.
The film, which starred Rafael Rivelles as Don Quixote and Juan Calvo as Sancho Panza, featured a young Fernando Rey as Sanson Carrasco and popular Spanish actress Sara Montiel as Antonia, Quixote's niece. The music for the film was composed by Ernesto Halffter, and the movie was shot on location in La Mancha and other Spanish regions.
It did not fare as well in the United States, where it opened in 1949, as it had in Spain. In its American runs, it was whittled down to a more customary length of 107 minutes.