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Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
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 as Miguel de Cervantes
- Gina Lollobrigida as Giulia
- José Ferrer as Hassan Bey
- Louis Jourdan as Cardinal Acquaviva
- Francisco Rabal as Rodrigo Cervantes
- Antonio Casas as Favio
- Soledad Miranda as Nessa
- Ángel del Pozo as Don Juan de Austria
- Ricardo Palacios as Sancho
- Maurice de Canonge
- Tiziano Cortini
- José Jaspe as Turkish Official
Details
- Director
- Vincent Sherman
- Released
- November 2, 1967
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Studio
- Procinex, Protor Film and Prisma de Cinematografía
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.7 / 10 from 8 votes
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