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Adventures of Don Quixote, The (1973) (TV |
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This film I
remember vaguely and would say it's actually an |
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English TV
film from the cast. Harrison is reasonably good |
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but Finlay
is a superb actor. He played Iago to Olivier's |
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Othello in
Olivier's film of the play. |
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Don Quixote
is one of the greatest novels of all time written |
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when the
novel as such really didn't exist. Consider that the |
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first novels
in English (Defoe, Richardson, Sterne and |
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Fielding)
weren't written until the early 18th Century. |
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Don Quixote
is a gentleman who has become saturated with |
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the popular
chivalric romances of the time. He believes that |
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he can
re-introduce knight errantry by going forth on an old |
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nag to save
and protect the weak and helpless. He is |
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accompanied
by a peasant who he has enrolled as his squire. |
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Increasingly
his illusionary world dominates his actions. By |
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the end he
becomes aware of his state but then becomes ill |
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Cervantes
himself led an extraordinary life and lost the use of |
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his left
hand fighting the Turks. |
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Miguel de
Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) |
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Versions
also in 1915 and in 1923 directed by Maurice Elvey |
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Fernando Rey
starred in a Spanish mini-series. |
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Notes
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