Adventures of Don Quixote (1933)
1933 · Feature film · 55 min · dir. Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- comedy drama
Synopsis
Don Quixote (1933) is a British-French film adaptation of the classic Miguel de Cervantes novel, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, starring the famous operatic bass Feodor Chaliapin. Although the film stars Chaliapin, it is not an opera. However, he does sing four songs in it. It is the first sound film version of the Spanish classic. The supporting cast in the English version includes George Robey, René Donnio, Miles Mander, Lydia Sherwood, Renée Valliers, and Emily Fitzroy. The film was made…
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Details
- Director
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Running time
- 55 minutes
Cast & crew
Georg Wilhelm Pabst Director
Miles Mander
George Robey
Wally Patch
Frank Stanmore
Emily Fitzroy
Vladimir Sokoloff
Lydia Sherwood
Sidney Fox
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Another Masterpiece by G.W. Pabst · J_T_R · 2009-01-15
This is very great. I think it economically captures some of the mood and essence of Don Quixote. Pabst has directed other fine things, like The Joyless Street, The Three Penny Opera, The Mistress of Atlantis, and Pandora's Box, (if only they were here). We get to see one of the last century's greatest singing actors, who doesn't disappoint. I suspect the film is influenced by the climate of the early 30s, with the rise of fascism. The burning of Don Quixote's books probably alludes to what the Nazi's were doing, to what pigs like them are doing today, what the enemies of imagination and…
★★★★★ · A Masterpiece of Directing, Acting, and Synergy. · slugs and urchins · 2009-01-17
This one really is great. It's evocative and superb, very few films made in recent times can do what great acting and thoughtful direction did. There isn't a part here which doesn't have meaning or could have been left out, and not missed. This should be required watching for all young minds to allow them to develop feelings and retrospection, and old minds to remind them of values and imagination.
★★★★★ · classicmovieoveruk · classicmovieloveruk · 2012-12-26
Feodor Chaliapin was my great grandfather, and I was thrilled to find this fabulous and famous movie of Don Quixote here on this forum. I did not have a copy of it and now I do, and I am going to share it on our Chaliapin family Facebook page, a lovely Christmas present to all of us! Many thanks Christina
