Don Quijote de Orson Welles (1992)

Director:

Orson Welles

Writers:

Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (novel)
Jesus Franco (additional dialogue in new edition)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Francisco Reiguera	...	Don Quijote (archive footage)
Akim Tamiroff	...	Sancho Panza
Orson Welles	...	Himself (in new version) (archive footage)
José Mediavilla	...	Don Quixote (in new version) (voice)
Juan Carlos Ordóñez	...	Sancho Panza's Voice (in new version) (voice)
Constantino Romero	...	Narrator (in new version) (voice)
Fernando Rey	...	Closing Scene Narrator (in new version) (voice)
Paola Mori
Beatrice Welles
Oja Kodar

Also Known As:

Don Quixote (USA)

Runtime:

116 min | Spain:111 min

Country:

Spain | Italy | USA

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

El Silencio Producciones

Trivia:

Orson Welles began filming this picture in 1955 and worked on it off and on over the years.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Brunnen (2005)

People don't know what they're talking about

dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York does not know what he is talking about. The fact is, he has only seen the Franco version and has nothing to compare it to. The work print floats around occasionally, and it's a million times better that the Franco version. How can anyone call a film crap, when they have never even seen it. Don't ever listen to people that stupid. The fact is that you should even write a review if you have only seen one version of the film, and have no knowledge of the production history, the comment about Wells never intending to release it, is the most ridiculous, ignorant conjecture I have ever heard. No film make spends nearly 10 years of his life making a film, for it to just be a personal toy. He had plenty of projects that never saw release, The Deep, The Other Side of The Wind, etc. The main reason the film was never completed is that one of the principle actors died.