Characters & Themes
Don Quixote (1933) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1933 · 89 mins · French
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- Directed by
- G.W. Pabst
- Starring
- Mireille Balin, Vladimir Sokoloff, Feodor Chaliapin Sr., Jean de Limur, Mady Berry, René Donnio
Moved by his obsession with chivalric romances, a despondent Don Quixote fashions himself a knight‑errant. He enlists Sancho Panza, a pragmatic peasant whose common‑sense grounding balances his master's lofty fantasies. Together they set out on a worldwide quest, chasing wildly improbable adventures that strain both idealism and reality.
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