After the Nazis seized power, G.W. Pabst initially remained in France, where he shot this literary adaptation in three language versions. Between drama and comedy, this adaptation of the well-known story alludes to the tragedy looming in Europe in the early 1930s: Don Quixote is struck down not by windmills, but by the tyranny of power. G.W. Pabst masterfully combines the aesthetics of silent film with the possibilities afforded by sound.
(Arsenal Kino)