A highly fictionalized filming of the early life of Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote".A highly fictionalized filming of the early life of Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote".A highly fictionalized filming of the early life of Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote".
George Rigaud
- Count di Luca
- (as Georges Rigaud)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSpanish star Soledad Miranda filmed many scenes in addition to the ones shown in the final cut of the film. This is apparent in numerous publicity stills of scenes cut from the film. In a magazine interview, it was revealed what happened to her scenes. Soledad and Horst Buchholz were on set together, and some French journalists were driving around set taking photographs. They published a photo of Miranda and Buchholz together in Le Figaro, which Gina Lollobrigida then saw. It caused Lollobridiga great jealousy, who wielded her star power to have all but the most essential of Miranda's scenes cut from the film.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Horst Buchholz... mein Papa (2005)
Featured review
more than nice
a nice movie from a long series of popular historical European- and not only- films of the same decade. its virtue - the science to be, in same measure, a clever one. because it propose a colorful, seductive portrait of a character and not the image of Cervantes. but this portrait use biographic details mixed with fantastic adventures in a credible manner. it propose questions about religious differences, honor and morality, and, more important, a Don Quixote . the idealistic, generous, courageous, wise and vulnerable Cervantes is not really a hero. but a messenger of fundamental problems who challenge the honesty of viewer. sure, the most seductive performance remains the work of Jose Ferrer. the choice for the lead role could be not really comfortable but Horst Buchholz does a decent job and few sparkles of his acting are more than good moments. a film who has the gift to be more useful today. because the confrontation between Christianity and Islam has the same roots and the same force. only the clothes are different. Cervantes gives a kind of answer. and it is not a really unrealistic.
helpful•10
- Kirpianuscus
- Jun 20, 2016
Details
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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