Don Quixote

Don Quixote

The classic tale of a man's dream, his epic journey, and one true love.

NR 2000 · 139 min · ★ 6.3 · Adventure, Comedy, TV Movie

Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a knight named Don Quixote de La Mancha, decides to go on imaginary adventures along with his friend, the simple farmer Sancho Panza, who becomes his squire. On their journeys, they rescue dames in distress in honorable acts and fight giants among other perils, with Don longing to be with the love of his life, lady Dulcinea, and Sancho waiting to be rewarded with an island where he's about to become a governor.

Directed by Peter Yates · Written by John Mortimer

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John Lithgow Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano
Bob Hoskins Sancho Panza
Isabella Rossellini The Duchess
Vanessa Williams Dulcinea / Aldonza
Lambert Wilson Duke
Amelia Warner Antonia
Tony Haygarth Barber
Peter Eyre Priest
Lilo Baur Teresa Panza (Sancho's wife)
James Purefoy Carrasco
Trevor Peacock Innkeeper
Linda Bassett Housekeeper

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