May 23, 1957
Release Date

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Don Quixote (1957)

Name: Don Quixote
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 1957-05-23

1h 42m

Running Time

May 23, 1957
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

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Release Date
May 23, 1957

Original Name
Дон Кихот

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 42m

Genres
Adventure Drama

Last updated: 2025-04-14

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based on novel or book

windmill

chivalry

Wiki.

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.

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.