Don Quichotte (1913)
Genre : Adventure
Runtime : 0M
Director : Camille de Morlhon
Synopsis
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
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Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth.
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The just out of college effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was little.
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