Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes

The story

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

H Horst BuchholzMiguel de Cervantes G Gina LollobrigidaGiulia J José FerrerHassan Bey L Louis JourdanCardinal Acquaviva F Francisco RabalRodrigo Cervantes A Antonio CasasFavio S Soledad MirandaNessa Á Ángel del PozoDon Juan de Austria R Ricardo PalaciosSancho M Maurice de Canonge T Tiziano Cortini J José JaspeTurkish Official

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C Claudine Dalmas J José NietoMinister of Felipe II A Andrés MejutoCervantes' Father A André Spengler G George RigaudCount di Luca J José Marco M Mario Morales F Fernando HilbeckCarlos A Amalia Velázquez F Fernando ReyFilipe II A Antonio Almorós(uncredited) Á Ángel Aranda(uncredited) F Fernando Bilbao(uncredited) J José Canalejas(uncredited) G Gian Castelli(uncredited) J Juan CazalillaPriest (uncredited) E Eric Chapman(uncredited) R Ricardo Costa(uncredited) E Enzo Curcio(uncredited) G Gaudenzio Di Pietro(uncredited) A Adriano Domínguez(uncredited) A Amparo Díaz(uncredited) M Moisés Fernández(uncredited) L Luis Gaspar(uncredited) J José González Talavera(uncredited) J Juan Antonio López(uncredited) A Antonio Olaguível(uncredited) P Pepita Otero(uncredited) J Jaime Pelta(uncredited) J Juan Antonio Peral(uncredited) J José Ignacio Pidal(uncredited) H Héctor Quiroga(uncredited) F Fernando Rovert(uncredited) R Rita Sanso(uncredited) A Adolfo Thous(uncredited) F Fernando Villena(uncredited) M Mariano Vidal MolinaDiego de Urbina (uncredited)