Overview - Cervantes

Overview

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

• Name: Horst Buchholz

  Character: Miguel de Cervantes

  Popularity: 6.415

  

• Name: Gina Lollobrigida

  Character: Giulia

  Popularity: 19.513

  

• Name: José Ferrer

  Character: Hassan Bey

  Popularity: 8.394

  

• Name: Louis Jourdan

  Character: Cardinal Acquaviva

  Popularity: 8.6

  

• Name: Francisco Rabal

  Character: Rodrigo Cervantes

  Popularity: 3.536

  

• Name: Antonio Casas

  Character: Favio

  Popularity: 2.985

  

• Name: Soledad Miranda

  Character: Nessa

  Popularity: 7.029

  

• Name: Ángel del Pozo

  Character: Don Juan de Austria

  Popularity: 1.135