El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes

A posthumous 1992 reconstruction of Orson Welles’s long-unfinished Don Quixote project, edited by Jesús Franco from footage shot between 1957 and 1972, following Don Quixote and Sancho Panza as they wander modern Spain in pursuit of chivalric ideals. (Note: This version represents a later editorial assembly, not a film completed by We...

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Orson Welles, Jesús Franco

Cast

Francisco Reiguera, Akim Tamiroff, Patty Mac Cormack

Trusting in fate, Don Quixote and Sancho pursue their travels in search of adventure day and night. They ride through fields, talking about subjects as varied as spirituality, chivalry and daily life. A growing bond of friendship unites them.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Albert Serra

Cast

Lluís Carbó, Lluís Serrat, Albert Pla

The old hidalgo Don Alonso Quijano, maddened by the excessive reading of books on chivalry and determined to become a famous and heroic knight-errant, leaves his village and sets out on the road in search of adventure, accompanied by his faithful friend Sancho Panza.

Runtime

2h 17m

Director

Rafael Gil

Cast

Rafael Rivelles, Juan Calvo, Fernando Rey

After an old soldier named Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) wrote the adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, the knight and his squire have become very popular. When he learns that the Turkish comes along the Mediterranean coast with a powerful army, Don Quixote will undertake, again opposed by his niece and his housekeeper, a new ...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Cast

Juan Luis Galiardo, Carlos Iglesias, José Luis Torrijo

A new vision of the Knight of the sad figure, which lives obsessed by the chivalry and its codes of honor. Accompanied by his unusual squire Sancho Panza, Don Quixote recalls some of the adventures they've shared.

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Roberto Gavaldón

Cast

Fernando Fernán Gómez, Cantinflas, María Fernanda D'Ocón