Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes (1967)

Adventure

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

Miguel de Cervantes
Turkish Official
Minister of Felipe II
Cervantes' Father
Count di Luca
Hassan Bey
Filipe II
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Priest (uncredited)
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Cardinal Acquaviva
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Rodrigo Cervantes
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Diego de Urbina (uncredited)
Don Juan de Austria

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