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
Horst Buchholz
Miguel de Cervantes
Gina Lollobrigida
Giulia
José Ferrer
Hassan Bey
Louis Jourdan
Cardinal Acquaviva
Francisco Rabal
Rodrigo Cervantes
Antonio Casas
Favio
Soledad Miranda
Nessa
Ángel del Pozo
Don Juan de Austria
Ricardo Palacios
Sancho
Maurice de Canonge
Unknown
Tiziano Cortini
Unknown
José Jaspe
Turkish Official
Claudine Dalmas
Unknown
José Nieto
Minister of Felipe II
Andrés Mejuto
Cervantes' Father
André Spengler
Unknown
George Rigaud
Count di Luca
José Marco
Unknown
Antoine Fontaine
Unknown
Mario Morales
Unknown
Fernando Hilbeck
Carlos
Amalia Velázquez
Unknown
Fernando Rey
Filipe II
Antonio Almorós
(uncredited)
Ángel Aranda
(uncredited)
Fernando Bilbao
(uncredited)
José Canalejas
(uncredited)
Gian Castelli
(uncredited)
Juan Cazalilla
Priest (uncredited)
Eric Chapman
(uncredited)
Ricardo Costa
(uncredited)
Enzo Curcio
(uncredited)
Gaudenzio Di Pietro
(uncredited)
Adriano Domínguez
(uncredited)
Amparo Díaz
(uncredited)
Moisés Fernández
(uncredited)
Luis Gaspar
(uncredited)
José González Talavera
(uncredited)
Juan Antonio López
(uncredited)
Antonio Olaguível
(uncredited)
Pepita Otero
(uncredited)
Jaime Pelta
(uncredited)
Juan Antonio Peral
(uncredited)
José Ignacio Pidal
(uncredited)
Héctor Quiroga
(uncredited)
Fernando Rovert
(uncredited)
Rita Sanso
(uncredited)
Adolfo Thous
(uncredited)
Fernando Villena
(uncredited)
Mariano Vidal Molina
Diego de Urbina (uncredited)
Crew
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