Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

1973 Spanish film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (English: Don Quijote Rides Again) is a 1973 Spanish-Mexican comedy film directed by Roberto Gavaldón,[1] loosely based on Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote and starring Cantinflas as Sancho Panza, Fernando Fernán Gómez as Don Quixote, and María Fernanda D'Ocón as Dulcinea.

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Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo
Directed byRoberto Gavaldón
Screenplay byCarlos Blanco
Based onDon Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes
Produced byFrancisco Ruiz
Luis F. Rodríguez
María Luisa Llorente
María Teresa Saéz
Roberto Gavaldón
StarringCantinflas
Fernando Fernán Gómez
María Fernanda D'Ocón
CinematographyFrancisco Sempere
Edited byJuan Serra
Music byWaldo de los Ríos
Production
companies
Estudios Cinematográficos Roma
Rioma Films
Producciones Óscar
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 9 March 1973 (1973-03-09) (Spain)
  • 10 May 1973 (1973-05-10) (Mexico)
CountriesSpain
Mexico
LanguageSpanish
Box office69,807,068 pesetas (Spain)
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Plot

Don Quijote is obsessed with chivalry and its codes of honour. Accompanied by his peculiar squire Sancho Panza, he embarks on a series of adventures in which he is mocked and tricked by some, while others try to help him recover his sanity. But neither Don Quixote nor Sancho give up trying to protect humanity.

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Awards and honors

The film was shown in the 2019 edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival as part of a retrospective of Roberto Gavaldón's work.[2][3]

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