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Panza (sometimes Panza d'Ischia) is a small town of 7000 inhabitants on the island of Ischia, Italy..
According to many scholars the name Panza would derive from the Greek words pan ( in English all) and zao (alive or bright) so where all is alive. In fact, according to the many archaeological discoveries the place was so named by the first Greek colonists in the 8th century B.C. astounded by the rich variety of the flaura and fauna. They settled and founded a small farm ready to colonize all the island founding the first western Greek colony: Pithecusae
After the Roman conquest of the Island, the village was named Pansa Vicus, from the Latin verb pandere namely outstretched in the sun.
With reference to its volcanic origins, the hydrothermal heritage of the island of Ischia is one of the richest in the world and here Thermal cures actually date back to the VIII Century A.D., when the first Greek colonies, originating from Eubea, settled in the village in the Bay of Sorgeto where the ruins of a small Greek village were found in 1993.
Sancho Panza is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote, and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit. "Panza" means 'belly,' and is alternately spelled pança.
Sancho Panza is not a servant of Alonso Quijano before his madness turns him into Don Quixote, but a peasant living in the same unnamed village. When the novel begins Sancho has been married for a long time to a woman named Teresa Cascajo and has a daughter, María Sancha (also named Marisancha, Marica, María, Sancha and Sanchica), who is said to be old enough to be married. Sancho's wife is described more or less as a feminine version of Sancho, both in looks and behaviour. When Don Quixote proposes Sancho to be his squire, neither he nor his family strongly oppose it.
Sancho is illiterate and proud of it but by influence of his new master he develops considerable knowledge about some books. During the travels with Don Quixote he keeps contact with his wife by dictating letters addressed to her.
Actors: Jeff Tudor (producer), Jeff Tudor (director), Adrienne Liron (director), Adrienne Liron (producer), Karel de Rooij (actor), Peter De Jong (actor), Henk van Engen (editor), Anna Tysgankova (actress), Matthew Golding (actor),
Plot: Don Quichot and his knave Sancho Panza set off in search of adventure. In a square in Barcelona they come across Kitri, a beautiful young girl who loves Basilio but who must marry Gamache, the choice of her father. Don Quichot vows to help her.
Keywords: ballet, classical, dance, russianActors: Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Txema Blasco (actor), Txema Blasco (actor), Antonio Dechent (actor), Javier Albalá (actor), Ángel de Andrés López (actor), Rafael Alcázar (director), Rafael Alcázar (writer), Joan Llaneras (actor), Paula Echevarría (actress), Milena Montes (actress), Felipe Hernández Cava (writer), Álvaro Peire (composer),
Genres: Documentary, Drama,Actors: Simon Callow (actor), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Martin Lamb (miscellaneous crew), Paul Bradley (actor), Penélope Middleboe (miscellaneous crew), Venetia Hawkes (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Animation,Actors: Mikhail Baryshnikov (actor), Brian Large (director), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Mikhail Baryshnikov (miscellaneous crew), Mikhail Baryshnikov (miscellaneous crew), Mikhail Baryshnikov (miscellaneous crew), Marius Petipa (miscellaneous crew), Santo Loquasto (costume designer), Robert LaFosse (actor), Susan Jaffe (actress), Gregory Osborne (actor), Herman Krawitz (miscellaneous crew), Cynthia Harvey (actress), Patrick Bissell (actor), Victor Barbee (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Paolo Sassanelli (actor), Nino Baragli (editor), Rafael Azcona (writer), Roberto Cicutto (producer), Marina Confalone (actress), Tullio Kezich (writer), Isa Gallinelli (actress), Emanuele Luzzati (costume designer), Sandro Merli (actor), Marisa Mantovani (actress), Eugenio Bennato (composer), Maurizio Scaparro (director), Maurizio Scaparro (writer), Fernando Pannullo (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: María Luisa Ponte (actress), Paca Gabaldón (actress), Diana Lorys (actress), Manuel Alexandre (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), Cantinflas (actor), Alberto Fernández (actor), Valeriano Andrés (actor), Agustín González (actor), Rafael Hernández (actor), Emilio Laguna (actor), Ricardo Merino (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), José Orjas (actor), Laly Soldevila (actress),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Alberto Grimaldi (producer), Arthur Hiller (producer), Rosalie Crutchley (actress), Sophia Loren (actress), Sophia Loren (actress), Ian Richardson (actor), Peter O'Toole (actor), Peter O'Toole (actor), Peter O'Toole (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Marne Maitland (actor), Harry Andrews (actor), Arthur Hiller (director), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer),
Plot: This musical version of Don Quixote is framed by an incident allegedly from the life of its author, Miguel de Cervantes. Don Quixote is the mad, aging nobleman who embarrasses his respectable family by his adventures. Backed by his faithful sidekick Sancho Panza, he duels windmills and defends his perfect lady Dulcinea (who is actually a downtrodden whore named Aldonza).
Keywords: 1590s, anger, barber, based-on-novel, based-on-stage-musical, based-on-tv-movie, beating, catholic, catholic-priest, chivalryActors: Carlos Muñoz (actor), Ana Mariscal (actress), Julia Lajos (actress), José Villasante (actor), Santiago Rivero (actor), Manuel Requena (actor), Eduardo Fajardo (actor), Félix Fernández (actor), Conrado San Martín (actor), Luis Peña (actor), José Jaspe (actor), Ángel de Andrés (actor), Manuel Arbó (actor), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Eduardo Manzanos Brochero (producer),
Genres: ,Actors: Francisco Rabal (actor), José Prada (actor), Fernando Aguirre (actor), Juan Calvo (actor), Manolo Morán (actor), Arturo Marín (actor), Rafael Durán (actor), Francisco Bernal (actor), Eduardo Fajardo (actor), Félix Fernández (actor), Antonio Almorós (actor), Guillermo Marín (actor), Casimiro Hurtado (actor), Ángel de Andrés (actor), Manuel Requena (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: D.W. Griffith (miscellaneous crew), Max Davidson (actor), Edward Dillon (actor), Edward Dillon (director), William H. Brown (actor), Carl Stockdale (actor), George Walsh (actor), Chester Withey (actor), Julia Faye (actress), Rhea Mitchell (actress), Fay Tincher (actress), Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (writer), Chester Withey (writer), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (actor), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (actor),
Plot: Alonso Quijano is a country gentleman who imagines himself to be a knight named Don Quixote de la Mancha. He sets out to right the wrongs of the world which sees him as he is, a comical figure. But his chivalry and sense of purpose drive him on to great deeds, even if he is laughed at.
Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, don-quixoteSancho Panza, this is me
I’m your Sancho Panza.
I get along, I know my ground.
With me around, there’s room for you to be amazing.
I’m the one they don’t remember.
Were you in our school? they say.
I get asked about my name again:
Panza, Panza, Panza
Around the boulevards we walk,
the sun is always on your face,
and I am always in your shade,
and I am always the funny one,
how I hate being the funny one,
I never chose to be her, it strikes me as unfair.
And people at our feet to be with us.
Such a small comfort l’m so used to this it turned me