Odkaz Dona Quijota - 2CD

Radio version of the famous novel from 1988. Cast: Quijote / Josef Kemr, Sancho / Ladislav Mrkvička, guide / Miroslav Horníček, niece / Klára Jerneková, housekeeper / Marie Marešová, priest / Josef Vinklář, barber / Josef Krška, Haldudo, cattleman / Jaroslav Moučka, Andrýs / Jiří Prager, monk / Miroslav Táborský, Biscayan, Tomé / Marek Eben. Also featuring: Jiří Bruder, Blanka Lormanová, Vladimír Čech, Jan Vlasák, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Zdeněk Ornest, Miriam Kantorková, Radim Vašinka, Jan Teplý, Vlastimil Hašek, Miroslav Masopust, Alena Vránová, Jaroslav Kepka, and others. Directed by Jan Tůma. The images of the Battle of Lepanto by Renaissance painters and engravers are extraordinarily impressive. Rows of ships with raised oars cutting through the waves, clouds of dust from firing cannons. More striking than film or photography. In that famous battle in 1571, the forces of the Holy League defeated the Ottoman fleet and relieved Europeans of the fear of a Turkish invasion. Imagine that on one of those galleys, a barely twenty-four-year-old Spanish youth in full armor is preparing for battle, his heart pounding with excitement. His name is Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra. For now, he is one of many nameless, but it will be he whose name will enter into...