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Don Quixote (Russian: Дон Кихот, translit. Don Kikhot) is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on Miguel de Cervantes's classic 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, the same day that President John F. Kennedy was inaugurated into office.
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.
Actors: Plácido Domingo (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), Fatima Ptacek (actress), Regan Mizrahi (actor), Chris Gifford (writer), Valerie Walsh (writer), Eric Weiner (writer),
Plot: In 'Dora's Royal Rescue,' Dora's a knight and Boots is her squire as they help the noble horse Rocinante, rescue Don Quixote who is imprisoned by Malambruno, an evil wizard, in an abandoned library inside Story Castle. Dora and Boots ride on horse and donkey into the secret cave, past giant windmills and through the noble forest in order to rescue Don Quixote. In the final show-down with Malambruno, they chant 'I want to read' breaking his spell and saving all the books.
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Family,Actors: Adam Bowman (editor), Myles Painter (actor), Simon Bowman (composer), Eddie Young (actor), Eddie Young (actor), Yumiko Bowman (miscellaneous crew), Will Adcock (writer), Will Adcock (director), Jade Taylor (actress), Claudia Berry (actress), Claudia Berry (actress), Jade Taylor (actress), Guillermo El Fresno (actor), Guillermo El Fresno (actor), Geoff Hooper (actor),
Plot: Harvey gets fired from his latest dead-end job. In town he gets caught up with a bank-job that goes wrong. The robber collapses at his feet and Harvey ends up with the money. The enigmatic Bruce steps in to help and the pair make their escape with a getaway pint and discuss the future. Harvey wants to open a philosophy café and Bruce agrees to help, having nothing on at the moment. Russell, a somewhat shady contact of Bruce's, provides the venue and all seems to be going well until a demented Don Quixote embroils Harvey in a fracas with a bus and gets a nosy DC Bentham involved. Harvey's paranoia ramps up and joins forces with his ever-present self-doubt which cripples his forward progress. Bruce pushes on regardless, intent on doing it alone. Another run-in with Don Quixote clears Harvey's head and he comes round in time to help Bruce with the opening. At the inaugural event all the forces that have shaped Harvey's recent history come together in an explosive conflagration that serves to reinforce the philosophy of getting on with things before it's too late.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Paolo Sassanelli (actor), Manrico Gammarota (actor), Maria Fantastica Valmori (editor), Dominick Tambasco (director), Dominick Tambasco (producer), Dominick Tambasco (writer), Olga Michalowska (costume designer), Luigi Pane (producer), Luigi Pane (editor), Gianfranco Gaioni (producer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Jessica Drake (miscellaneous crew), Lupe Ontiveros (miscellaneous crew), Antonio Banderas (actor), Jennifer Connelly (actress), Tony Plana (miscellaneous crew), Susan Hegarty (miscellaneous crew), José Nieto (composer), Stefania Sandrelli (actress), Patricio Contreras (actor), Bill Butler (editor), Martín Coria (actor), Ismael 'East' Carlo (miscellaneous crew), Jacques Arndt (actor), Jorge Rivera López (actor), Steve Beeson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-book, based-on-novel, female-nudity, independent-film, male-nudity, nudity, title-directed-by-female, tortureActors: Larry Weinstein (writer), Larry Weinstein (director), Niv Fichman (producer), Larry Weinstein (producer), David New (editor), David New (writer), Teresa Berganza (actress), Edward Atienza (actor), Justino Díaz (actor), Alicia de Larrocha (actress), Charles Dutoit (actor), Narciso Yepes (actor), Nicanor Zabaleta (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Mirella Freni (actress), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (actor), Nikola Korabov (writer), Nikola Korabov (director), Piero Cappuccilli (actor), Radka Ivanova (miscellaneous crew), Trayko Ivanov (producer), Todor Georgiev (actor), Kapka Mihaylova (editor),
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Music,Actors: Dee Cooper (actor), Patrick Wright (actor), Dee Cooper (miscellaneous crew), Maria Arnold (actress), Kathy Hilton (actress), Sandy Carey (actress), Candy Samples (actress), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Tallie Cochrane (actress), Richard S. Brummer (editor), Anne Gaybis (actress), Raphael Nussbaum (producer), Raphael Nussbaum (director), Raphael Nussbaum (writer), Wally K. Berns (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,Actors: Rudolf Nureyev (miscellaneous crew), Rudolf Nureyev (director), Rudolf Nureyev (actor), Rudolf Nureyev (writer), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Anthony Buckley (editor), Robert Helpmann (actor), Robert Helpmann (director), Marius Petipa (writer), John L. Hargreaves (producer), Lucette Aldous (actress), Lucette Aldous (actress), Kelvin Coe (actor), Gailene Stock (actress), Janet Vernon (actress),
Genres: Music,Actors: Arnold Diamond (actor), Howard Marion-Crawford (actor), Robert Rietty (actor), Nikolai Cherkasov (actor), Georgiy Vitsin (actor), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Marianne Stone (actress), Nikolai Cherkasov (actor), Grigori Kozintsev (director), Yuri Tolubeyev (actor), Nikki Van der Zyl (actress), Bruno Frejndlikh (actor), Yevgeni Shvarts (writer), Viktor Kolpakov (actor), Olga Vikland (actress),
Plot: 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.
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, don-quixote, equestrian, foreign-language-adaptation, knight, lion, practical-joke, sancho-panza, servantActors: John Farrow (writer), Georg Wilhelm Pabst (writer), Emily Fitzroy (actress), Lotte Reiniger (miscellaneous crew), Georg Wilhelm Pabst (director), Georg Wilhelm Pabst (producer), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Andreas Malandrinos (actor), Andreas Malandrinos (actor), Miles Mander (actor), Wally Patch (actor), Vladimir Sokoloff (actor), Frank Stanmore (actor), George Robey (actor), Jacques Ibert (composer),
Plot: In Spain, in the sixteenth century, an elderly gentleman named Don Quixote has gone mad from reading too many books on chivalry. Proclaiming himself a knight, he sets out with his squire, Sancho Panza, to reform the world and revive the age of chivalry, choosing a slut to be his noble lady Dulcinea. He mistakes inns for castles, a play about chivalry for the real thing, flocks of sheep for armies, convicts for wronged prisoners, and windmills for giants. While he and Sancho are off on their adventures, his niece, her fiancee, and the local priest think up a strategy to get him back home.
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, don-quixote, equestrian, foreign-language-adaptation, knight, remake, reverse-footage, tragedy, windmill