Don Quixote, Knight Errant

2002 Spanish film

Don Quixote, Knight Errant

Theatrical release poster

Spanish| El caballero Don Quijote
Directed by| Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Screenplay by| Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón
Based on| Don Quixote (part II)
by Miguel de Cervantes
Starring|

* Juan Luis Galiardo
* Carlos Iglesias
* Santiago Ramos
* Fernando Guillén Cuervo
* Manuel Manquiña
* Kiti Manver
* Manuel Alexandre
* Juan Diego Botto
* Emma Suárez

Cinematography| José Luis Alcaine
Edited by| José Salcedo
Music by| José Nieto

Production
company

Gonafilm

Distributed by| Alta Classics

Release dates

* September 2002 (2002-09) (Venice)
* 8 November 2002 (2002-11-08) (Spain)

Country| Spain
Language| Spanish
Budget| 900 million ₧

Don Quixote, Knight Errant (Spanish: El caballero Don Quijote)[1] is a 2002 Spanish adventure film directed and written by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, consisting of an adaptation of the second part of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. It stars Juan Luis Galiardo and Carlos Iglesias respectively as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, alongside Santiago Ramos, Fernando Guillén Cuervo, Manuel Manquiña, Kiti Manver, Manuel Alexandre, Juan Diego Botto and Emma Suárez.

## Plot[edit]

The plot, an adaptation of Don Quixote's part II, selects specific chapters of the novel, primarily underpinning as main narrative lines both the Don Quixote's adventures seeking to disenchant the spell put on Dulcinea and his family's attempts to return him home,[2] with the backdrop of the threat posed by the Turk's fleet.[3]

## Cast[edit]

* Juan Luis Galiardo as Don Quijote[4]
* Carlos Iglesias as Sancho Panza[5]
* Santiago Ramos as Sansón Carrasco[5]
* Fernando Guillén Cuervo as Secretario[5]
* Manuel Manquiña as Merlín[6]
* Kiti Manver as Ama[5]
* Manuel Alexandre as Montesinos[5]
* Juan Diego Botto as Tosilos[5]
* Emma Suárez as Duquesa[5]
* Marta Etura as Dulcinea/Labradora[7]
* Paco Merino [es] as Pedro Recio[5]
* Víctor Clavijo as Barbero[5]
* José Luis Alcobendas [es] as Moro Diablo[5]
* María Isasi as Sobrina[5]
* José Luis Torrijo as Cura[5]
* Joaquín Hinojosa [es] as Duque[5][8]
* Carmen Machi as Teresa[9]
* Jaime Chavarri as Loquero[10]

## Production[edit]

An adaptation of the part II of Don Quixote, the screenplay was penned by the director Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.[11] Gutiérrez Aragón had already directed, and co-wrote alongside Camilo José Cela, El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes, a television series adapting Don Quixote's part I in 1991, starring Fernando Rey.[12] The reported budget upon the beginning of filming was 900 million ₧.[13] A Gonafilm production,[5] it also had the participation of Telemadrid, Televisió Valenciana and Castilla-La Mancha Televisión.[3] It was shot in locations of Castilla–La Mancha, Andalusia and the Madrid region, primarily in the Valle de Alcudia [es],[14] province of Ciudad Real.

## Release[edit]

The film screened out of competition at the 59th Venice International Film Festival in September 2002.[15] Distributed by Alta Classics,[16] it was theatrically released in Spain on 8 November 2002.[5]

## Accolades[edit]

Year  | Award  | Category | Nominee(s)  | Result | Ref.

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2003 | 17th Goya Awards | Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón | Nominated | [17]
Best Actor | Juan Luis Galiardo | Nominated
Best New Actor | Carlos Iglesias | Nominated
Best Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine | Won
Best Art Direction | Félix Murcia | Nominated

## See also[edit]

* List of Spanish films of 2002

## References[edit]

1. ^ Chiari, Valeria (4 September 2002). "Don Quixote, Knight Errant". Cineuropa.
2. ^ Martínez Ollé, Josep (2005). "El caballero Don Quijote" (PDF). Making of: Cuadernos de cine y educación (32): 17. ISSN 1137-4926.
3. ^ a b Cine y literatura española- Guía de largometrajes (PDF). Madrid: Comunidad de Madrid. Consejería de Cultura y Deportes. Dirección General de Promoción Cultural. 2005. p. 77.
4. ^ Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 189\. ISBN 978-84-460-2414-9.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 189.
6. ^ Fernández, Miguel Anxo (8 November 2002). ""El caballero Don Quijote" cabalga a las órdenes de Gutiérrez Aragón". La Voz de Galicia.
7. ^ Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 189; López López 2017, p. 398.
8. ^ Bermejo, Rafael F. (16 August 2001). "Galiardo, orgulloso de ser el nuevo Don Quijote". El País.
9. ^ López López, Yolanda (2017). El Siglo de Oro en el cine y la ficción televisiva: Dirección artística, referentes culturales y reconstrucción histórica. Madrid: ACCI. p. 398\. ISBN 978-84-16549-70-2.
10. ^ López López 2017, p. 398.
11. ^ Kercher, Dona M. (2002). "Looking for Don Quijote's Own Shadow: An Interview with Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón about His Film El caballero Don Quijote (2002)" (PDF). Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies. 6: 129–130. doi:10.1353/hcs.2011.0285. S2CID 144260411.
12. ^ Kercher 2002, pp. 129–130.
13. ^ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (13 September 2021). "El Quijote de Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón y Juan Luis Galiardo cabalga por Castilla". El País.
14. ^ ""El caballero Don Quijote" se proyecta en la Mostra de Venecia fuera de concurso". Libertad Digital. 4 September 2002.
15. ^ "Breves". Última Hora. 4 September 2002.
16. ^ "El caballero Don Quijote". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
17. ^ "El caballero Don Quijote". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

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Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote (1605/1615)

Characters,
imaginary characters,
and animals|

* Alonso Quixano/Don Quixote
* Sancho Panza
* Cide Hamete Benengeli
* Clavileño
* Dulcinea del Toboso/Aldonza Lorenzo
* Ginés de Pasamonte
* Ricote
* Rocinante

Stage|

* The Comical History of Don Quixote (1694 play)
* Double Falsehood (1727 play)

Opera and
musical|

* Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (1743)
* Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho (1761 opera)
* Sancho Pança dans son isle (1762 opera)
* Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamace (1771 opera)
* Don Quixote (1898 opera)
* Don Quichotte (1910 opera)
* Man of La Mancha (1964 musical, "The Impossible Dream" song)

Orchestral|

* Don Quixote (Richard Strauss, 1898)

Ballet|

* Don Quixote (Ludwig Minkus, 1869)

Film|

* Don Quixote (1903)
* Incident from Don Quixote (1908)
* Don Quixote (1923)
* Don Quixote (1933)
* Don Quixote (1947)
* Don Quixote (1955–1969, unfinished)
* Don Quixote (1957)
* Dulcinea (1963)
* Don Chisciotte and Sancio Panza (1968)
* Man of La Mancha (1972)
* Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1973)
* Don Quixote (2000)
* Lost in La Mancha (2002)
* Don Quixote, Knight Errant (2002)
* Honor de cavalleria (2006)
* Donkey Xote (2007)
* Don Quixote (2010)
* Don Quixote (2015)
* The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
* He Dreams of Giants (2019)

Television|

* I, Don Quixote (1959 teleplay)
* Zukkoke Knight - Don De La Mancha (1980 series)
* The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda (1989 series)
* El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes (1992 series)
* Don Quixote (2011 series)

Album|

* La Leyenda de la Mancha (1998, "Molinos de viento" song)

Art|

* Don Quixote (1955 sketch)
* Don Quixote (1976 sculpture)

Related|

* Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda
* Amadís de Gaula
* List of works influenced by Don Quixote
* Quixotism
* "The Truth about Sancho Panza" (1931 short story)
* "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" (1939 short story)
* Monsignor Quixote (1982 novel)
* Super Don Quix-ote (1984 video game)

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