Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra

A crusade for decency and truth is mounted by a man gone mad (or has he?) in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. (All Movie Guide)

Over the course of his lifetime, the legendary director Orson Welles (1915-1985) was forced to leave many of his grander movie-making projects unfinished, generally for want of sustained financial backing. Each successive unfinished effort generated buzz throughout the worshipful film community that only served to brighten the luster of his legend. Thus it was only a matter of time before one of his many admirers bought the rights to the fairly extensive footage he shot for his film Don Quixote (begun in 1955) and attempted to edit it into some semblance of a finished film... (All Movie)

The French version of G.W.Pabst's monumental three-language (English, French and German - separate versions each) filming of Cervantes' classic novel. The German version seems to be lost, but it is spoken of in three books, "The Film Till Now", and two of Pauline Kael's books of movie criticism. (imdb)

Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza on a mule, to perform valiant deeds. They mistakenly save the Lady Altisidora who is so amused that she invites them to visit the Duke to provide some merriment at court... (imdb)

The "true story" of Don Quixote, told by Rucio, Sancho's donkey.

Quixote and Sancho canter off, directionless, in search of adventures. On the way, their discussions tackle spiritual, chivalrous and practical matters... and their friendship deepens.

English language version of Don Quixote, shot simultaneously with the German and French versions and, like those, starring Feodor Chaliapin, but with a different supporting cast. In 16th cent. Spain, an aging Don gone mad from reading too many romances proclaims himself a knight and sets out with his squire to revive the age of chivalry. He mistakes a play about chivalry for the real thing, inns for castles, flocks of sheep for armies, convicts for wronged prisoners, and windmills for giants. (imdb)

No stll can convey the hallucinatory speed, insane rhythm and cacophony of noise that accompany the strangely abstractified images of this historic animation. Don Quixote has became mechanized and is threatened by a technological society bent on destroying his individuality. He defeats it by exposing it to the power of art and poetry but the art work is itself ironically distorted, raising a question mark. This film was never released in Yugoslavia, its director unable to work freely, emigrated. (Amos Vogel)

Comic version of the famous man of la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes in which Don Quixote having read an adventure book too many sets out on his own adventures with his servant Sancho Panza. (imdb)

The most faithful of all the major film versions of Cervantes' novel. - Written by Albert Sanchez Moreno (imdb)

Cantinflas adds his own unique brand of comedy as Sancho Panza in a very loose adaptation of Cervantes' novel.

With his noble squire by his side, a retired country gentleman sets out on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world. (imdb)

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea. (imdb)

A young lady named Aldonza receives a communication from the famous Don Quixote, via Sancho Panza, and takes on the identity of the Cervantes character Dulcinea, which gets her into trouble. (imdb)

A film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music by John Lanchbery. (imdb)

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.

French adaptation of the story of Don Quichotte by Camille de Morlhon.