Feodor Chaliapin - Don Quixote (1933), Part 4

The Adventures of Don Quixote - Part 4

Adventures of Don Quixote (1933) is a 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 three songs in it. It is the first sound film version of the Spanish classic. The supporting cast in the English version includes George Robey, Rene Donnio, Renee Valliers, and Emily Fitzroy. (The film was made in three versions: French, English, and German.)

In Spain, in the sixteenth century, an elderly gentleman named Don Quixote has gone mad from reading too many books on chivalry. Proclaiming himself a knight, he sets out with his squire, Sancho Panza, to reform the world and revive the age of chivalry, choosing a slut to be his noble lady Dulcinea. He mistakes inns for castles, a play about chivalry for the real thing, flocks of sheep for armies, convicts for wronged prisoners, and windmills for giants. While he and Sancho are off on their adventures, his niece, her fiancee, and the local priest think up a strategy to get him back home...

FUN FACTS:
In Cervantes' novel and in most other film versions, the hero's name is really Alonso Quijano (or Quijana, as in "Man of La Mancha"), and it is only after going mad that he renames himself Don Quixote. In Pabst's film(s), the hero's name is really Don Quixote.

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Director: Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Writers: Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra (novel)
Music by Jacques Ibert
Filming Locations: Haute-Provence, France

Production Co: Nelson Film, Vandor Film
Country: France, UK

Release Date: 23 December 1934 (USA)
Total Runtime: 55 min

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The playlist of this movie is here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4029B8CD0C62417C

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Don Quixote
• Remake
• Tragedy
• Feodor Chaliapin
• Fyodor Shalyapin
• Федор Шаляпин
• Дон Кихот
• Cervantes
• Сервантес
• русские певцы
• бас
• опера
• оперный певец
• opera
• operatic arias
• knights

[LadyRavenhaire]

In an insane world, for truly we live in an insane world, how can anyone who is normal accept the insanity of the world without becoming mentally ill?Only those who are abnormal can accept this injust, irrational world as it is.The question posed, is it better to be mentally ill&not be part of the modern world which degrades one's soul&warps one's mind or 2 be part of this world&lose your soul, rational thought &all hope, too, for any better world whether imaginary or futuristic on this earth?