Grigori KOZINTSEV Григорий КОЗИНЦЕВ Grigori KOZINTSEV   USSR, 1957, 100 mn  Colour, fiction

Don Quixote ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Дон Кихот    Don Quichotte  Don Khikhot

Plot synopsis

Based upon “the world’s first novel” (Carlos Fuentes) by Miguel de Cervantes, “The Ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha”.
Writing “Don Quixote” in the early 17th century was a necessary undertaking, if, perhaps, fatal; in the early 20th century it’s all but unfeasible. Jorge Luis BorgesA poll by the Norwegian Nobel Institute of 100 most famous modern writers named Cervantes’ novel the best book of all times and peoples! A brilliant acting cast – N. Cherkasov (“Alexander Nevsky”), S. Birman (“Ivan the Terrible”, B. Freindlikh (“Twelfth Night”, “Different Fortunes”), L. Vertinskaya (“Sadko”), G. Vitsin (“Gentlemen of Fortune”), Yu. Tolubeyev (“The Inspector General”), G. Volchek (“King Lear”) – in the legendary literary adaptation of the great G. Kozintsev about the amusing and touching adventures of hidalgo Alonso Quixano who, being in love with books of chivalry, decided to make a knight-errant of himself and set out on the march…
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Selected in the following festivals :

- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2013

- Russian films in the cinema Arlequin, Paris (France), 2006

- Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1993

- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 1957

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