El Quijote desde la platea

Apr 22, 2019

0h 54m

★ 4.5

Overview

How Don Quixote de la Mancha, the immortal character created by Miguel de Cervantes in 1605, has been depicted in cinema, television, cartoons, theater, opera, ballet and other artistic disciplines. An adventure that began more than four hundred years ago in the pages of a book and is far from coming to an end.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

VAI Producciones

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ramón Langa

Self - RAE Director

Darío Villanueva

Self - Writer

Mario Vargas Llosa

Self - Film Historian

Carlos F. Heredero

Self - Stage Director

Jaime Azpilicueta

Self - Filmmaker

Fernando Méndez-Leite

Self - Filmmaker

Rafael Alcázar

Self - Film Producer

Gerardo Herrero

Self - Screenwriter

Ángeles González-Sinde

Self - Filmmaker

Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

Self - Actor

Rafael Álvarez el Brujo

Self - Choreographer

José Carlos Martínez

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