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Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 23, 1957

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Adventure, Drama

User Score

67%

Original Title

Дон Кихот

Production Companies

Lenfilm

Director

Grigori Kozintsev

Description

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.