Don Quixote | |
Director: | Grigori Kozintsev |
Starring: | Nikolay Cherkasov Yuri Tolubeyev |
Music: | Gara Garayev |
Distributor: | Lenfilm |
Runtime: | 110 minutes |
Country: | Soviet Union |
Language: | Russian |
Don Quixote (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.