''Don Quixote'' (russian: Дон Кихот, translit. Don Kikhot) is a 1957 Soviet

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directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on

Evgeny Schwartz Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (russian: Евге́ний Льво́вич Шва́рц; , Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplay ...

's stage adaptation of

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. He is best kno ...

's novel of the same name. It was entered into the

1957 Cannes Film Festival The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957. ''Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini, '' La casa del ángel'' by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, ''A Man Escaped'' by Robert Bresson, and ''The Seventh Seal'' by Ingmar Bergman were enter ...

. 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

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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 Lidiya Vladimirovna Vertinskaya (russian: Лидия Владимировна Вертинская), born Tsirgvava ( ka, წირღვავა; russian: Циргва́ва) (14 April 1923 – 31 December 2013) was a Russian and Georgian ac ...

as The Duchess *

Galina Volchek Galina Borisovna (Berovna) Volchek (russian: Гали́на Бори́совна Во́лчек; 19 December 1933 – 26 December 2019) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR ...

as Maritornes

References

External links

* * 1957 films 1950s historical drama films Soviet historical drama films 1950s Russian-language films Films based on Don Quixote Films based on works by Evgeny Shvarts Films directed by Grigori Kozintsev Films set in Spain Films set in the 1600s {{1950s-USSR-film-stub