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Don Quixote

1973, Movie, G, 107 mins

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Not the Cervantes story at all--Don Quixote (Helpmann) and his squire Sancho Panza (Powell) are marginal to the story line in the film. Rather, this is a motion picture version of a comic ballet choreographed in 1869 by Marius Petipa, with music by Ludwig Minkus. The plot concerns the romance between a barber, Nureyev, and his sweetheart, Aldous. The latter's father has betrothed her to the well-to-do Peasley. With the help of the mad knight-errant, Helpmann, and his faithfu... read more leave a comment
Year: 1973
Rated G

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Cast
Robert Helpmann: Don Quixote
Ray Powell: Sancho Panza
Rudolf Nureyev: Basilio
Francis Croese: Lorenzo
Lucette Aldous: Kitri
Colin Peasley: Gamache

 

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