| Don Quixote | |
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| Directed by | |
| Written by | Rudolf Nureyev |
| Based on | the ballet Don Quixote by Marius Petipa |
| Produced by | John L. Hargreaves |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Anthony Buckley |
| Music by | Ludwig Minkus |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | The Walter Reade Organisation |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes [1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $750,000 [2] |
Don Quixote is a 1973 Australian ballet film directed by and starring Rudolf Nureyev and Robert Helpmann. [3] The film is adapted from Marius Petipa's ballet of the same name, itself based on Miguel de Cervantes' novel El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha .
The ballet had been added to the repertoire of the Australian Ballet in a 1970 production designed and costumed by Barry Kay, and was one of Nureyev's most popular parts. [4] Finance to film it was raised mostly in the US with most of the crew coming from Australia but a British cinematographer was used. It was shot over four weeks starting 13 November 1972 in a converted airport hangar in Essendon near Melbourne. They used a music soundtrack arranged and conducted by John Lanchbery, which had been pre-recorded by The Elizabethan Trust Melbourne Orchestra a month earlier at Armstrong Studios. [2]
The film was screened around the world and was well received. [2] However it dropped out of circulation for 25 years and has only recently been revived. [5]
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