Don Quixote (Russian: Дон Кихот, translit. Don Kikhot) is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on Evgeny Schwartz's stage adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes's novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Don Quixote
1957 film poster by Vladimir Kononov
Directed by	Grigori Kozintsev
Written by	Evgeny Schwartz
Starring	Nikolay Cherkasov Yuri Tolubeyev
Music by	Gara Garayev
Distributed by	Lenfilm
Release date	15 October 1957 (1957-10-15)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The film was exhibited in the mid-1960s by Australian University film clubs receiving the productions of Sovexportfilm. It was the first film version of Don Quixote to be filmed in both widescreen and color.