Don Quixote (1992) Don Quijote de Orson Welles (original title)

Director:

Orson Welles

Writers:

Orson Welles
Jesus Franco (additional dialogue in new edition)
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Release Date:

10 November 2005 (Portugal)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After reading too many novels about knights and heroic stories, Don Quijote and his servant Sancho Panza...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Francisco Reiguera	...	Don Quijote (archive footage)
Akim Tamiroff	...	Sancho Panza
Orson Welles	...	Himself (in new version) (archive footage)
José Mediavilla	...	Don Quixote (in new version) (voice)
Juan Carlos Ordóñez	...	Sancho Panza (in new version) (voice)
Constantino Romero	...	Narrator (in new version) (voice)
Fernando Rey	...	Closing Scene Narrator (in new version) (voice)
Paola Mori
Beatrice Welles
Oja Kodar

Directed by
Orson Welles

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra		novel "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha"
Jesus Franco		additional dialogue in new edition
Javier Mina		dialogue adaptation in new edition
Orson Welles

Produced by
Óscar Dancigers	....	producer
Patxi Irigoyen	....	producer: new version
Francisco Lara Polop	....	producer (as Francisco Lara)
Juan A. Pedrosa	....	associate producer
Alessandro Tasca	....	producer

Original Music by
Daniel White

Cinematography by
Juan Manuel de la Chica
Jack Draper
José García Galisteo
Manuel Mateos
Ricardo Navarrete
Edmond Richard
Giorgio Tonti

Film Editing by
Jesus Franco		(new version)
Maurizio Lucidi		(original version)
Renzo Lucidi		(original version)
Peter Parasheles		(original version)
Alberto Valenzuela		(original version)
Irah Wohl		(original version)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jesus Franco	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ian Sasplugas	....	sound: new version
Hermes Serrano	....	supervising sound editor
Ángel Serrano	....	sound: new version
Joan Vidal	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Geny Jack	....	special effects: new version
Dolores Olivé	....	special effects: new version

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marina Rodríguez	....	wardrobe supervisor

Other crew
Jesus Franco	....	supervising director
Oja Kodar	....	general supervisor: new version

Thanks
Juan Cobos	....	thanks

Production Companies

• El Silencio Producciones

Distributors

• Jacinto Santos Parrás
• Terminal Video (2006) (Italy) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Don Quijote de Orson Welles" - Spain (original title)
"Orson Welles' Don Quixote" - USA (complete title)

Runtime:

116 min | Spain:111 min

Country:

Spain | Italy | USA

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

El Silencio Producciones

Trivia:

In the unfinished doc, Filming the Trial, Orson Welles said that if Don Quixote was ever finished, he would have called it "When are you going to finish Don Quixote?"

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: Episode #18.1" (2005)

People don't know what they're talking about

dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York does not know what he is talking about. The fact is, he has only seen the Franco version and has nothing to compare it to. The work print floats around occasionally, and it's a million times better that the Franco version. How can anyone call a film crap, when they have never even seen it. Don't ever listen to people that stupid. The fact is that you should even write a review if you have only seen one version of the film, and have no knowledge of the production history, the comment about Wells never intending to release it, is the most ridiculous, ignorant conjecture I have ever heard. No film make spends nearly 10 years of his life making a film, for it to just be a personal toy. He had plenty of projects that never saw release, The Deep, The Other Side of The Wind, etc. The main reason the film was never completed is that one of the principle actors died.