Monsignor Quixote (1985 TV film)

Monsignor Quixote is a 1985 British television film later broadcast in the United States in 1987 on the PBS anthology series Great Performances.

Adapted from Graham Greene's novel of the same name, its teleplay is credited to Greene and Christopher Neame.

The film was produced by Johnny Goodman, with Lloyd Shirley and Graham Greene, with cinematography by Norman G. Langley and original music by the Spanish composer Antón García Abril.

The film stars Alec Guinness and Leo McKern, and features several notable actors including Rosalie Crutchley, Ian Richardson, Graham Crowden, Maurice Denham and an early role by Anton Lesser.

## Production

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The film is notable for being filmed in the actual locations Greene wrote about in his novel. Filmed in Spain ten years after Francisco Franco's death, it included filming at the controversial mausoleum site Valley of the Fallen.

## Reception

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The film was a finalist for the 1986 BAFTA award for Best Single Television Drama[1] Alec Guinness received a BAFTA nomination for his portrayal.[2]

## References

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1. ^ BAFTA search https://awards.bafta.org/award/1986/television/single-drama
2. ^ BAFTA Award search https://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=alec guinness

## External links

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* Monsignor Quixote at IMDb

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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 History of Cardenio
* "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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Works by Graham Greene and their adaptations

Bibliography

Novels|

* The Man Within (1929)
* The Name of Action (1930)
* Rumour at Nightfall (1932)
* Stamboul Train (1932)
* It's a Battlefield (1934)
* England Made Me (1935)
* The Bear Fell Free (1935)
* A Gun for Sale (1936)
* Brighton Rock (1938)
* The Confidential Agent (1939)
* The Power and the Glory (1940)
* The Ministry of Fear (1943)
* The Heart of the Matter (1948)
* The Third Man (novella; 1949)
* The End of the Affair (1951)
* The Quiet American (1955)
* Loser Takes All (1955)
* Our Man in Havana (1958)
* A Burnt-Out Case (1960)
* The Comedians (1966)
* Travels with My Aunt (1969)
* The Honorary Consul (1973)
* The Human Factor (1978)
* Doctor Fischer of Geneva (1980)
* Monsignor Quixote (1982)
* The Tenth Man (1985)
* The Captain and the Enemy (1988)
* No Man's Land (2005)

Travel books|

* Journey Without Maps (1936)
* The Lawless Roads (1939)
* In Search of a Character (1961)
* Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement (1984)

Autobiography|

* A Sort of Life (1971)
* Ways of Escape (1980)
* Getting to Know the General: The Story of an Involvement (1984)
* A World of My Own: A Dream Diary (1992)

Plays|

* The Living Room (1953)
* The Potting Shed (1957)
* The Complaisant Lover (1959)
* Carving a Statue (1964)
* The Return of A. J. Raffles (1975)
* The Great Jowett (1981)
* Yes and No (1983)
* For Whom the Bell Chimes (1983)

Story collections|

* Twenty-One Stories (1954)
* A Sense of Reality (1963)
* May We Borrow Your Husband? (1967)
* The Last Word and Other Stories (1990)

Short stories|

* "The End of the Party" (1929)
* "Proof Positive" (1930)
* "The Basement Room" (1936)
* "Across the Bridge" (1938)
* "Alas, Poor Maling" (1940)
* "The Blue Film" (1954)
* "The Destructors" (1954)
* "A Shocking Accident"
* "The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen"
* "The Last Word"

Films|

* Orient Express (1934)
* The Future's in the Air (1937)
* The New Britain (1940)
* 21 Days (1940)
* This Gun for Hire (1942)
* Went the Day Well? (1942)
* Ministry of Fear (1944)
* Brighton Rock (1947)
* The Fallen Idol (1948)
* The Third Man (1949)
* The Heart of the Matter (1953)
* The End of the Affair (1955)
* Loser Takes All (1956)
* Saint Joan (1957)
* The Quiet American (1958)
* Our Man in Havana (1959)
* The Comedians (1967)
* Travels with My Aunt (1972)
* The Human Factor (1979)
* The Honorary Consul  (1983)
* Monsignor Quixote (1985)
* The End of the Affair (1999)
* The Quiet American (2002)
* Brighton Rock (2010)

Other|

* Brighton Rock (play)
* Shades of Greene

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