Cervantes
- Released on
- Runtime
- 94 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Horst Buchholz
- Gina Lollobrigida
- José Ferrer
- Louis Jourdan
- Francisco Rabal
- Antonio Casas
- Soledad Miranda
- Ángel del Pozo
- Ricardo Palacios
- Maurice de Canonge
- Tiziano Cortini
- José Jaspe
- Claudine Dalmas
- José Nieto
- Andrés Mejuto
- André Spengler
- George Rigaud
- José Marco
- Antoine Fontaine
- Mario Morales
- Fernando Hilbeck
- Amalia Velázquez
- Fernando Rey
- Antonio Almorós
- Ángel Aranda
- Fernando Bilbao
- José Canalejas
- Gian Castelli
- Juan Cazalilla
- Eric Chapman
- Ricardo Costa
- Enzo Curcio
- Gaudenzio Di Pietro
- Adriano Domínguez
- Amparo Díaz
- Moisés Fernández
- Luis Gaspar
- José González Talavera
- Juan Antonio López
- Antonio Olaguível
- Pepita Otero
- Jaime Pelta
- Juan Antonio Peral
- José Ignacio Pidal
- Héctor Quiroga
- Fernando Rovert
- Rita Sanso
- Adolfo Thous
- Fernando Villena
- Mariano Vidal Molina
Director
- Vincent Sherman
Producers
- Augusto Boué
Screenwriter
- Enrique Llovet
- David Karp
