Cervantes

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.

Adventure

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

Tiziano Cortini

José Jaspe

(Turkish Official)

Claudine Dalmas

José Nieto

(Minister of Felipe II)

Andrés Mejuto

(Cervantes' Father)

André Spengler

George Rigaud

(Count di Luca)

José Marco

Antoine Fontaine

Mario Morales

Fernando Hilbeck

(Carlos)

Amalia Velázquez

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))