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This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.
Theatrical
Nov 3, 1967
Director
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Music
Studio
Procinex, Protor Film, Prisma de Cinematografía
Original Title
Cervantes
Original Language
Spanish
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Cast
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Horst Buchholz
Miguel de Cervantes
G
Gina Lollobrigida
Giulia
J
José Ferrer
Hassan Bey
L
Louis Jourdan
Cardinal Acquaviva
F
Francisco Rabal
Rodrigo Cervantes
A
Antonio Casas
Favio
S
Soledad Miranda
Nessa
Á
Ángel del Pozo
Don Juan de Austria
R
Ricardo Palacios
Sancho
M
Maurice de Canonge
T
Tiziano Cortini
J
José Jaspe
Turkish Official
C
Claudine Dalmas
J
José Nieto
Minister of Felipe II
A
Andrés Mejuto
Cervantes' Father
G
George Rigaud
Count di Luca
J
José Marco
M
Mario Morales
F
Fernando Hilbeck
Carlos
F
Fernando Rey
Filipe II
