---
title: 'Don Quixote (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Grigori Kozintsev'
released: '1957-05-17'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/don-quixote-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050326/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Don Quixote (1957)

1957 · 94 min · Drama, Adventure · Soviet Union

Original title: Дон Кихот

## Synopsis

Don Quixote is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on Evgeny Schwartz's stage adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes's novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Grigori Kozintsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/grigori-kozintsev)
- **Screenplay:** [Evgeny Shvarts](https://cinepixo.com/people/evgeny-shvarts)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gara Garayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/gara-garayev)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrei Moskvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrei-moskvin), [Apollinary Dudko](https://cinepixo.com/people/apollinary-dudko)

## Cast

- [Nikolay Cherkasov](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolay-cherkasov) as Alonso Quijano
- [Serafima Birman](https://cinepixo.com/people/serafima-birman)
- [Georgy Vitsin](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgy-vitsin)
- [Yuri Tolubeyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-tolubeyev)
- [Bruno Freindlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-freindlich)
- [Vladimir Maksimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-maksimov)

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