Don Quixote (1957)
Original title: Дон Кихот
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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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Nikolai CherkasovDon Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano (as N. Cherkasov)
Yuriy TolubeevСанчо Панса
Serafima Birmanхозяйка
Lyudmila KasyanovaAldonsa - Dulcinea del Toboso (as L. Kasyanova)
Galina VolchekМариторнес
Anatoly KorolkevichигрокOlga Viklandкрестьянка
Georgiy VitsinSanson Carrasco (as G. Vitsin)
Bruno FrejndlikhGertsog (as V. Freindlich)
Lidiya VertinskayaGertsoginya (as LL. Vertinskaya)
Olga ViklandtKrestyanka (as O. Vikland)
Aleksandr BeniaminovPastukh (as A. Beniaminov)Keywords
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What is Don Quixote about?
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.
How long is Don Quixote?
Don Quixote has a runtime of 100 minutes.