Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel 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.

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 Tiziano Cortini José Jaspe Turkish Official

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