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Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In the 16th century, poet, playwright and part-time actor Miguel de Cervantes has been arrested, together with his manservant, by the Spanish Inquisition. They're accused of presenting an entertainment offensive to the Inquisition. Inside the huge dungeon into which they have been cast, the other inmates gang up on Cervantes and his manservant, staging a mock trial, with the intention of stealing or burning his possessions. Cervantes wishes to desperately save a manuscript he carries with him and stages, with costumes, makeup, and the participation of the other prisoners, an unusual defense—the story of Don Quixote.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes53%
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
77 audience votes
Key crew
- Dale WassermanScreenplay
- Arthur HillerDirector
Cast
- Peter O'TooleDon Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana
- Sophia LorenDulcinea / Aldonza
- James CocoSancho Panza / Cervantes' Manservant
- Ian RichardsonThe Padre
- Harry AndrewsThe Innkeeper / The Governor
- John CastleSanson Carrasco / The Duke
- Brian BlessedPedro
- Julie GreggAntonia Quijana
- Rosalie CrutchleyThe Housekeeper
- Gino ConfortiThe Barber
- Marne MaitlandCaptain of the Guard
- Dorothy SinclairThe Innkeeper's Wife
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Themes
based on novel or bookmusicalpoetbased on play or musicalplaywrightreality vs fantasymock trialobscenity16th centuryspanish inquisitionla mancha, spainmotley crew