Cervantes

Cervantes

7.5

Nov 02 1967

2h 34m

Adventure

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.

Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

Miguel de Cervantes

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

Giulia

José Ferrer

José Ferrer

Hassan Bey

Louis Jourdan

Louis Jourdan

Cardinal Acquaviva