Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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Don Quixote

1916

0h 50m

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Drama

Overview

Elderly hidalgo, Alonso Quijano (played by DeWolf Hopper Sr.), becomes obsessed with tales of knights and chivalry to the point of losing his sanity. He renames himself "Don Quixote de la Mancha" and decides to become a knight-errant to right the wrongs of the world and defend the helpless. He designates a local peasant girl (Fay Tincher) as his noble lady "Dulcinea" and convinces a simple farmer, Sancho Panza (Max Davidson), to be his loyal squire with promises of an island governorship.

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DeWolf Hopper Sr.

DeWolf Hopper Sr.

Alonso Quijano

Fay Tincher

Fay Tincher

Dulcinea

Max Davidson

Max Davidson

Sancho Panza

Rhea Mitchell

Rhea Mitchell

Lucinda

Chester Withey

Chester Withey

Don Fernando

Julia Faye

Julia Faye

Dorothea

George Walsh

George Walsh

Edward Dillon

Edward Dillon

Carl Stockdale

Carl Stockdale

Francis Carpenter

Francis Carpenter

Child

Creative team

Directed by: Edward Dillon
Written by: Chester Withey

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