TMDb Rating
6.5/10
27 verified votes
Don Quixote (1957)
AdventureDrama
102 min
Plot Summary
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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AdventureDramaGrigori KozintsevNikolai CherkasovYuriy Tolubeev1957
Director
Grigori Kozintsev
Top Cast
Nikolai CherkasovYuriy TolubeevSerafima BirmanSvetlana GrigorevaVladimir Maksimov
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