The Young Rebel (1967)

Cervantes (original title)

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1h 30min
Adventure, Biography
Jan 1969 (USA)
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A highly fictionalized filming of the early life of Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote".

Director:

Vincent Sherman

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Stars:

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Still of José Ferrer (I) and Horst Buchholz in The Young Rebel (1967)

Still of Horst Buchholz in The Young Rebel (1967)

Still of Gina Lollobrigida in The Young Rebel (1967)

Still of Horst Buchholz and Gina Lollobrigida in The Young Rebel (1967)

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	Horst Buchholz	...	Miguel de Cervantes
	Gina Lollobrigida	...	Giulia
	José Ferrer	...	Hassan Bey
	Louis Jourdan	...	Cardinal Acquaviva
	Francisco Rabal	...	Rodrigo Cervantes
	Antonio Casas	...	Favio
	Soledad Miranda	...	Nessa
	Ángel del Pozo	...	Don Juan de Austria
	Ricardo Palacios	...	Sancho
	Maurice de Canonge
	Tiziano Cortini	...	(as Tizzieno Cortini)
	José Jaspe	...	Turkish Official
	Claudine Dalmas
	José Nieto	...	Minister of Felipe II
	Andrés Mejuto	...	Cervantes' Father
	André Spengler
	Jorge Rigaud	...	Count di Luca (as Georges Rigaud)
	José Marco
	Antoine Fontaine
	Mario Morales
	Fernando Hilbeck	...	Carlos
	Amalia Velázquez	...	(as Amelia Veazquez)
	Fernando Rey	...	Filipe II
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Antonio Almorós	...	(uncredited)
	Ángel Aranda	...	(uncredited)
	Fernando Bilbao	...	(uncredited)
	José Canalejas	...	(uncredited)
	Gian Castelli	...	(uncredited)
	Juan Cazalilla	...	Priest (uncredited)
	Eric Chapman	...	(uncredited)
	Ricardo Costa	...	(uncredited)
	Enzo Curcio	...	Minor role (uncredited)
	Gaudenzio Di Pietro	...	Minor role (uncredited)
	Adriano Domínguez	...	(uncredited)
	Amparo Díaz	...	(uncredited)
	Moisés Fernández	...	(uncredited)
	Luis Gaspar	...	(uncredited)
	José González Talavera	...	(uncredited)
	Juan Antonio López	...	(uncredited)
	Antonio Olaguível	...	(uncredited)
	José Olaguível	...	(uncredited)
	Pepita Otero	...	(uncredited)
	Jaime Pelta	...	(uncredited)
	Juan Antonio Peral	...	(uncredited)
	José Ignacio Pidal	...	(uncredited)
	Héctor Quiroga	...	(uncredited)
	Fernando Rovert	...	(uncredited)
	Rita Sanso	...	(uncredited)
	Adolfo Thous	...	(uncredited)
	Mariano Vidal Molina	...	Diego de Urbina (uncredited)
	Fernando Villena	...	(uncredited)

Directed by

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Vincent Sherman

Written by

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Bruno Frank	...	(based on the novel by)

Enrique Llovet	...	(adaptation)
Enrique Llovet	...	(screenplay)
Max Morise	...	(dialogue)

Enrico Bomba	...

David Karp	...

Produced by

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Sergio Otzoup	...	associate producer (uncredited)
Alexander Salkind	...	presentation producer
Michael Salkind	...	executive producer (as Miguel Salkind)
Pier Luigi Torri	...	producer (uncredited)
Henry T. Weinstein	...	executive producer: US version (uncredited)

Music by

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Jean Ledrut
Ángel Arteaga	...	(uncredited)
Les Baxter	...	(uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Edmond Richard

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director of photography

Editing by

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Margarita de Ochoa

Editorial Department

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María Luisa Pino

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assistant to editor

Production Design by

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Enrique Alarcón

Art Direction by

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Gérard Cohen

Set Decoration by

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Rafael Salazar
Luciano De Nardi	...	(uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Luis Argüello

Makeup Department

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Carmen Sánchez	...	hair stylist
José Antonio Sánchez	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Michelangelo Ciafré	...	production manager
Augusto Boué	...	production manager: Spain (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Isidoro M. Ferry	...	second unit director (as Isidoro Martínez Ferry)
Julio Sempere	...	assistant director
Ricardo Huertas	...	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Enrique Alarcón	...	assistant set decorator (as Enrique Alarcón Jr.)
Manuel Baquero	...	model maker
Antonio de Miguel	...	assistant set decorator
Julián Martín	...	painter (uncredited)
Francisco Prósper	...	set constructor (uncredited)
Francisco Rodríguez Asensio	...	set constructor (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Gabriel Basagaña	...	sound engineer
Charles Nobel	...	sound editor

Special Effects by

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Manuel Baquero

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special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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José Antonio	...	chief grip
André Dumaître	...	camera operator
Ramón Sempere	...	camera operator

Location Management

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Teodoro Herrero

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location manager

Music Department

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André Girard	...	conductor
Dale Anderson	...	musician: US Version (uncredited)
David Angel	...	music arranger: US Version (uncredited)
Les Baxter	...	conductor: US version (uncredited)
Ted Dale	...	music arranger: US Version (uncredited)
Gene Estes	...	musician: US Version (uncredited)
Gil Falco	...	musician: US Version (uncredited)
Clare Fischer	...	musician: US Version (uncredited)
Albert Harris	...	music arranger: US Version (uncredited)
Willard Jones	...	music arranger: US Version (uncredited)
Thomas Z. Shepard	...	musician: US version (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Olga Moller

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script girl

Additional Crew

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Julián Buraya	...	production assistant
Martha Des Cars	...	dialogue coach
Colin Mann	...	dialogue director (uncredited)

Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France (1967) (France) (theatrical)
Planet Film Distributors (1967) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (dubbed)
Constantin Film (1968) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Commonwealth United Entertainment (1969) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
EuroVideo (West Germany) (VHS)
Canal+ (1992) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
StudioCanal (2007) (Non-US) (tv)
Filmjuwelen (2020) (Germany) (DVD)
Bengala Film (Spain)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Peris Hermanos (wardrobe)
Mole Richardson (grip and lighting equipment)
Record Film (post-production sound services)
Ministerio de la Marina Española (thanks)
Estado Mayor de la Armada (thanks: for the Lepanto battle scene)
Editions Merry Music (soundtrack)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	In this romanticized biography of Spain's most celebrated novelist, young Miguel Cervantes, son of a country doctor, cockily pushes better-bred, court-connected peacock chicks aside for the post of private secretary to monsignor (soon cardinal) Acquaviva, papal envoy to king Philip II of Spain. Realizing his friendship with the Ottoman general-envoy was abused to win time while an avoidable 'crusade' was mounted, Miguel resigns but joins the Holy League's fleet. He and his brother become marked heroes, but get no serious reward and are captured by Algiers pirates for the slave market, yet set aside to bring ransom. Instead, they mount a brave slave revolt. Written by KGF Vissers Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	sword-duel naval-battle political-intrigue religion cervantes See All (20) »
Taglines	From lovemaking to high adventure! He could be delightful, devious, or deadly! See more »
Genres	Adventure Biography Drama History
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Certification	Iceland:12 United Kingdom:A United States:M United States:M/PG West Germany:12

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Les aventures extraordinaires de Cervantès (France) Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes (Italy) The Young Rebel (Canada, English title) The Young Rebel (United States) Servantes (Yugoslavia, Serbian title) See more »
Runtime	90 min
Country	France Italy Spain
Language	English Spanish
Color	Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio	2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints) See more »
Sound Mix	Mono
Filming Locations	Sevilla Films, Madrid, Spain See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Alain Delon was originally cast as Cervantes. See more »
Movie Connections	Referenced in Horst Buchholz... mein Papa (2005). See more »

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