Jeffrey Hartmann

An epic journey through Don Quixote's troubled mind, from which five paths to the unknown are opened: to reason, to freedom, to love, to friendship, to adventure; although only three destinations await at the end of an imaginary and audacious existence: the narrative of the adventurous life of Cervantes; the survival of a legendary novel in these heathen times, when the one-armed gentleman is nothing but dust and bones; the memory of the living, writers and scholars, where both the tormented captive and the insane hero, are immortals beings and will be forever.

A peculiar film based the immortal vintage novel Don Quijote , considered to be the best literary work ever written that stands in an unique position between the modern novel and medieval chivalric romance . And deemed to be one of the most influencial works of literature from the Golden Age . This work was made for television by Rafael Alcázar , though it turns out to be a combination of fictitious and documentary , as well as depicting the periods of lucidity and madness. This is a blending of recreation of the adventures Don Quijote , adding documentary scenes , including a narrator who tells the happenings . Here Don Quijote is well played by Txema Blasco and Angel Andrés López gives a fabulous Sancho Panza . There also appears other actors as Javier Albalá, Antonio Dechent as prisoner Ginés de Pasamonte , Paula Echevarría and Juan Llaneras as Cervantes.It follows brief episodes of the classic plot , but introducing a voice in off describing events about Don Quijote and regarding Miguel De Cervantes life himself , being paced in fits and starts and feels disjointed . As Don Quijote is a brave hidalgo , fanatic for chivalry novels and enthusiast of brave knights : Palmerin , Tirant Le Blanc , Amadis de Gaula , as he decides to undertake imaginary adventures along with his friend , the simple farmer Sancho Panza to who promises the Insula of Barataria , along the way he takes the ¨Yelmo de Mambrino¨ to a barber , battles windmills , countrymen , warriors , against Pentapolin , he frees Ginès de Pasamonte and other prisoners , he is finally locked at a cage and he's vanquished by the Knight of White Moon, who's actually Bachiller Sanson Carrasco . This enduring romantic adventure deals the enthusiast , passionate knight Don Quixote , showing his periods of lucidity and craziness , and it is paced in enjoyable as well as deliberate rhythm . There are several documentary scenes including : Cervantes captivity in Algiers for five years , his fight at battle Lepanto 1571, where he's nicknamed the Lepanto's one-armed , and under command Juan De Austria in which at the behest of Pope Pio V is joined Republic of Venice , Malta and Spanish Empire , defeating the Turks , his marriage to Catalina Salazar , amond others . And relying heavily on the documentary , certain confusion and mixing reenacting to documentary without order .The motion picture was well directed by Rafael Alcazar . He directed some nice but non-successful films such as : Caleidoscopio 2006 , Besos de gato 2003 , Corsarios del chip 1996 , El laberinto griego1993 , No hagas planes con Marga 1988.There are a lot of versions about this classic novel , such as : ¨Don Quijote¨ 1933 by G. W. Pabst . ¨Don Quijote de la Mancha¨ 1945 by Rafael Gil with Rafael Rivelles , Juan Calvo , Sara Montiel , Fernando Rey . ¨Don Kikhot¨1957 by the Russian Grigori Kozintev . ¨Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo¨ by Roberto Gabaldon with Cantinflas , Fernando Fernández Gómez , Maria Fernando D'ocon. And a musical version 1972 by Arthur Hiller titled ¨Man of La Mancha¨ with Peter O'Toole , James Coco , Sofia Loren , John Castle , Brian Blessed . ¨Don Quijote¨ by Peter Yates with John Lightow , Bob Hoskins. Besides , Spanish series , 1991/1992 titled ¨El Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes¨ with Fernando Rey , Alfredo Landa , Manuel Alexandre , Aitana Sánchez Gijon , Francisco Merino , Esperanza Roy . ¨Don Quijote¨ by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon with Juan Luis Galiardo and Carlos Iglesias . Don QuiXote 2015 with Carmen Argentino, Horatio Sanz , ¨Don Quixote: The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha¨ (2015) by Dave Dorsey . Finally , ¨The Man Who Killed Don Quixote¨(2018) by Terry Gillian with Jonathan Price , Adam Driver , Stellan Skarsgård , Olga Kurylenko , Paloma Bloyd , Óscar Jaenada . And in cartoon movies as Don Quijote de la Mancha by Cruz Delgado and Donkey Xote 2007 by José Pozo .