Don Quixote (1957 film)

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. It opened in the United States in 1961, beginning its U.S. run on January 20.

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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