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Don Quixote

Original title: Don Quijote de Orson Welles
  • 1992
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 56m
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6.0/10
875
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Don Quixote (1992)
Drama

The story of a Spanish gentlemen gone mad and his dim-witted squire Sancho Panza, who set forth on a journey to right wrongs and accomplish good deeds in the name of chivalry.The story of a Spanish gentlemen gone mad and his dim-witted squire Sancho Panza, who set forth on a journey to right wrongs and accomplish good deeds in the name of chivalry.The story of a Spanish gentlemen gone mad and his dim-witted squire Sancho Panza, who set forth on a journey to right wrongs and accomplish good deeds in the name of chivalry.

  • Director
    • Orson Welles
  • Writers
    • Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
    • Javier Mina
    • Jesús Franco
  • Stars
    • Francisco Reiguera
    • Akim Tamiroff
    • Pepe Mediavilla
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    875
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    • Director
      • Orson Welles
    • Writers
      • Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
      • Javier Mina
      • Jesús Franco
    • Stars
      • Francisco Reiguera
      • Akim Tamiroff
      • Pepe Mediavilla
    • 20User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Francisco Reiguera
    Francisco Reiguera
    • Don Quijote
    • (archive footage)
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Sancho Panza
    • (archive footage)
    Pepe Mediavilla
    • Don Quixote
    • (voice)
    • (as José Mediavilla)
    Juan Carlos Ordóñez
    • Sancho Panza
    • (voice)
    • (as Juan C. Ordóñez)
    Constantino Romero
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Paola Mori
    Paola Mori
    • Woman on Motorscooter
    • (archive footage)
    Juan Serrano
      Beatrice Welles
      Beatrice Welles
        Oja Kodar
        Oja Kodar
          Edward Marcus
          • Narrator
          • (English version)
          • (voice)
          • (uncredited)
          • …
          Fernando Rey
          Fernando Rey
          • Closing Scene Narrator
          • (voice)
          • (uncredited)
          Allan Wenger
          • Don Quixote
          • (English version)
          • (voice)
          • (uncredited)
          • Director
            • Orson Welles(original footage)
          • Writers
            • Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra
            • Javier Mina
            • Jesús Franco
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          • Trivia
            Unlike other unfinished Orson Welles films, "Don Quixote's" incomplete state was not because of lack of finances. Welles always considered his Don Quixote a "private exercise". Or as he put it, he worked on it like an author works on a novel; under no obligations, no time constraints, and could finish it whenever he feels like it.
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            Edited from Nella terra di Don Chisciotte (1964)

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          8/10
          Generations in the future will remember this day...
          With Jesus Franco providing additional dialog, we might expect some gore, and blood and nudity in this version of Don Quixote. No, he just provided needed dialog to complete this film that was 10 years work of Orson Welles, and not completed before he died.

          As far as I know there is no English subtitled version of this film, so you either see it in Spanish and French, or suffer through the dubbed version, as this is. No matter, to see any work of Orson Welles is to see real art. Despite the dubbing and the fact that Welles himself was not able to finish this, it is still worth seeing.

          Francisco Reiguera acted in well over 100 films before he died, and there is no doubt that he is Don Quixote. He is a joy to watch as a knight seeking his dream in a semi-modern Spain. When he comes upon a Holy Week celebration (not a Klan rally to the uninitiated), the action is nothing short of hilarious.

          Akim Tamiroff, who plays Sancho Panzo has two Oscar nominations (The General Died at Dawn, For Whom the Bell Tolls) among his 150 films, and a Golden Globe for For Whom the Bell Tools. He is magnificent in this role.

          Needless to say, for Welles addicts, this is a religious experience and should be viewed with the reverence it deserves.
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          • Release date
            • November 10, 2005 (Portugal)
          • Countries of origin
            • Spain
            • Italy
            • United States
          • Language
            • Spanish
          • Also known as
            • Orson Welles' Don Quixote
          • Production company
            • El Silencio Producciones
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 56 minutes
          • Color
            • Black and White
          • Sound mix
            • Dolby Stereo

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