Don Quixote

Based On the book by Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote or Don Quixote de la Mancha (Spanish: Don Quijote de la Mancha) is the first sound film version in Spanish of the 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.

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Release date:

1947

Director:

Rafael Gil

Cast:

Fernando Rey, Sara Montiel, Rafael Durán, Francisco Rabal, Rafael Romero Marchent

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Year page:

1947 in adaptations