"BBC Play of the Month" The Adventures of Don Quixote (1973)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Alvin Rakoff

Writers:

Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (novel)
J.M. Cohen (translation)

TV Series:

"BBC Play of the Month" (1965)

Original Air Date:

7 January 1973 (Season 8, Episode 5)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea. |

Plot Keywords:

Knight | Love | Actress Playing Multiple Roles | Foreign Language Adaptation | Spain

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Rex Harrison	...	Don Quixote
Frank Finlay	...	Sancho Panza
Rosemary Leach	...	Dulcinea / Aldonza
Robert Eddison	...	Duke
Bernard Hepton	...	Village Priest
Paul Whitsun-Jones	...	1st Innkeeper
Murray Melvin	...	Travelling barber
Roger Delgado	...	Officer of the Holy Brotherhood
Ronald Lacey	...	Barber
Gwen Nelson	...	Housekeeper
Françoise Pascal	...	Harlot
Brian Spink	...	Death
John Hollis	...	1st Prisoner
Walter Sparrow	...	2nd Prisoner
Michael Golden	...	2nd Innkeeper

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

La Mancha, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

This was the one of the few episodes of "Play of the Month" to be presented on U.S. commercial television, and was one of the few episodes of that series to be shot mostly on location. It was presented as a special broadcast pre-empting regular programming, on CBS-TV.

Quotes:

Sancho Panza: I thought your name was Alonso Quixano.
Don Quixote: I know who I am, and I know that I am perfectly capable of being whom I choose to be.

Movie Connections:

Version of Don Quijote (1908)