"Don Quixote"
1957
Directed by Grigori Kozintsev

A film from the former USSR, this  masterful adaptation of Cervantes' great novel features Nikolai Cherkassov as a classic Quixote, who becomes so enamoured with tales of chivalry that he becomes a knight errant, and takes up arms to defend the helpless. Kozintsev brings to the adaptation a great sense of color, spectacle and comedy, but preserves Don Quixote's dignity. Russian with English subtitles.  110 minutes.