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Don Quichotte (1933) Georg Wilhelm Pabst; Feodor Chaliapin Sr.
Don Quichotte (1933) Georg Wilhelm Pabst; Feodor Chaliapin Sr.
 
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This is a region-free DVD+R without case or artwork.

In French with English subtitles.

The French/British Don Quichotte is a faithful rendition of the Cervantes novel, with a poignant ending added by director G.W. Pabst. Opera star Feodor Chaliapin stars as Cervantes' "Knight of the Woeful Countenance," an aged, addled Spanish gentleman so devoted to stories of long-ago chivalry that he decides to relive those bygone days. With his faithful squire, Sancho Panza (George Robey), Don Quixote rides off to tilt at windmills and to worship chubby milkmaid Dulcinea (Renée Valliers) as his lady fair. Sancho manages to save Quixote from killing himself, but cannot prevent the old gent from returning home utterly disillusioned. Director Pabst alters Cervantes' original ending by having the dispirited Quixote pass away as he watches his precious books on chivalry going up in flames. There are actually two versions of Don Quichotte, one in English and one in French; the French-language version has a different supporting cast, but Pabst draws the same deep emotions and brilliant bits of business from both.

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5 of 5 Don Chiotte October 26, 2017
Reviewer: Anonymous Person from Auckland New Zealand  
Formidable!

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5 of 5 The best Don of them all. October 14, 2017
Reviewer: Patrick Hunter from Panorama City, CA United States  
Gorgeous quality of print, considering the film is 85 years old.  Chaliapin played Don Quixote many times in Massenet's opera, and by 1933, Europeans probably couldn't imagine anyone else in the part.  Filmed in 3 versions in 3 languages, this one is the French version, which is the most acclaimed.

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5 of 5 Classic Literature in Film October 12, 2017
Reviewer: Serge Mosovich from New York, NY United States  
This is a well regarded version. Chaliapin was a superb actor and opera singer. I had always had it in mind to find it. Bravo for Movie Detective for picking it.

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