Don Quixote | |
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Directed by | Grigori Kozintsev |
Written by | Evgeny Schwartz |
Starring | Nikolay Cherkasov Yuri Tolubeyev |
Music by | Gara Garayev |
Distributed by | Lenfilm |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Don Quixote (‹See Tfd›Russian: Дон Кихот, translit. Don Kikhot) is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on Evgeny Schwartz's stage adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes's novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The film was exhibited in the mid-1960s by Australian University film clubs receiving the productions of Sovexportfilm. It was the first film version of Don Quixote to be filmed in both widescreen and color.