Cast & Crew

Directed by

Vincent Sherman

Writing Credits

Bruno Frank
(based on the novel by)
Enrique Llovet
(adaptation) and
Enrique Llovet
(screenplay) and
Max Morise
(dialogue)
Enrico Bomba
(uncredited)
David Karp
(uncredited)

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
Tiziano Cortini
(as Tizzieno Cortini)
José Jaspe
Turkish Official
José Nieto
Minister of Felipe II
Andrés Mejuto
Cervantes' Father
Jorge Rigaud
Count di Luca
Fernando Hilbeck
Carlos
Amalia Velázquez
(as Amelia Veazquez)
Fernando Rey
Filipe II
Antonio Almorós
(uncredited)
Ángel Aranda
(uncredited)
Fernando Bilbao
(uncredited)
José Canalejas
(uncredited)
Gian Castelli
(uncredited)
Juan Cazalilla
Priest
Eric Chapman
(uncredited)
Ricardo Costa
(uncredited)
Enzo Curcio
Minor role
Gaudenzio Di Pietro
Minor role
Adriano Domínguez
(uncredited)
Amparo Díaz
(uncredited)
Moisés Fernández
(uncredited)
Luis Gaspar
(uncredited)
José González Talavera
(uncredited)
Juan Antonio López
(uncredited)
Antonio Olaguível
(uncredited)
José 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)
Mariano Vidal Molina
Diego de Urbina
Fernando Villena
(uncredited)

Produced by

Sergio Otzoup
associate producer (uncredited)
Alexander Salkind
presentation producer
Michael Salkind
executive producer (as Miguel Salkind)
Pier Luigi Torri
producer (uncredited)
Henry T. Weinstein
executive producer: US version (uncredited)

Music by

Jean Ledrut
Ángel Arteaga
(uncredited)
Les Baxter
(U.S. version) (uncredited)

Cinematography by

Edmond Richard
director of photography

Editing by

Margarita de Ochoa

Production Design by

Enrique Alarcón

Art Direction by

Gérard Cohen

Set Decoration by

Rafael Salazar
Luciano De Nardi
(uncredited)

Costume Design by

Luis Argüello

Makeup Department

Carmen Sánchez
hair stylist
José Antonio Sánchez
makeup artist

Production Management

Michelangelo Ciafré
production manager
Augusto Boué
production manager: Spain (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Isidoro M. Ferry
second unit director (as Isidoro Martínez Ferry)
Julio Sempere
assistant director
Ricardo Huertas
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Enrique Alarcón
assistant set decorator (as Enrique Alarcón Jr.)
Manuel Baquero
model maker
Antonio de Miguel
assistant set decorator
Julián Martín
painter (uncredited)
Francisco Prósper
set constructor (uncredited)
Francisco Rodríguez Asensio
set constructor (uncredited)

Sound Department

Gabriel Basagaña
sound engineer
Charles Nobel
sound editor

Special Effects by

Manuel Baquero
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

José Antonio
chief grip
André Dumaître
camera operator
Ramón Sempere
camera operator

Editorial Department

María Luisa Pino
assistant to editor

Location Management

Teodoro Herrero
location manager

Music Department

André Girard
conductor
Dale Anderson
musician: US Version (uncredited)
David Angel
music arranger: US Version (uncredited)
Les Baxter
conductor: US version (uncredited)
Ted Dale
music arranger: US Version (uncredited)
Gene Estes
musician: US Version (uncredited)
Gil Falco
musician: US Version (uncredited)
Clare Fischer
musician: US Version (uncredited)
Albert Harris
music arranger: US Version (uncredited)
Willard Jones
music arranger: US Version (uncredited)
Thomas Z. Shepard
musician: US version (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Olga Moller
script girl

Additional Crew

Julián Buraya
production assistant
Martha Des Cars
dialogue coach
Colin Mann
dialogue director (uncredited)
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