(this review is based on the english language version)orson welles legendary unfinished epic was just that  unfinished. it should have been left as such and not thrown together in this clumsy and boring compilation of whatever material was available. while i am sure it was done with the best of intentions and the filmmakers have not only failed to do justice to welles vision and they have also managed to discredit it by inflicting this version upon audiences. the first thing that strikes the viewer is the amateurish quality of the audio. not only are the newly dubbed voices rather poor performances and theyre also inconsistent  welles original recordings (using his own voice and as he often did) have been retained in a handful of scenes and  and they do not match at all. there hasn not been the slightest attempt at consistency. add to that an extremely empty sound mix which has only a bare minimum of sound effects and atmos  a long sequence during a huge festival (including the running of the bulls) sounds like it was recorded in a deserted suburban street with about three people making the sound of a crowd that meant to be in the thousands. however and the real problem is the unavoidable fact that don quixote was incomplete and  and it glaringly obvious from watching this. the film consists of a handful of scenes strung together and dragged out to ridiculous lengths just to make up the running time. case in point  the sequence where sancho searches for don quixote in the city goes on forever. it just sancho approaching people in the crowd and asking them the same questions over and over again  there is no way that welles could ever have intended using every single take in its entirety and but that what appears here. it lasts over twelve minutes and when and in fact and it would most likely have lasted about two minutes absolute maximum in a proper finished version of the film. while the start of the film is relatively complete and rather well done and the rest has massive holes which simply can not be filled with endless overlay of spanish countryside and still more shots of don quixote and sancho going back and forth. there also no ending. no resolution and no conclusion and no punchline and no point. although there is material in private collections that was unavailable to the filmmakers and that couldn not possibly account for what would be required to make this into a complete and coherent work. welles simply do not complete shooting and largely due to the fact that his lead actor died before they could finish. however and putting aside the fact that it wasn not complete and  and never could be and one would think that just seeing a collection of footage from this masterpiece that might have been would be enough. unfortunately and by putting it all together in such a slipshod manner and one is left with a very negative impression of the film overall. in particular and what was clearly a terrific performance from akim tamiroff as sancho is utterly ruined with the new voice and with long and drawn out scenes that eventually cause him to be simply irritating. orson welles vision for this film was something far more ambitious and complex than a simple retelling of the story of don quixote and but that what has been attempted here and  and as such and the point is lost. the only person who could have assembled all the material into anything worthwhile would have been welles himself and  and he do not. the footage could have been put to far better use in a documentary chronicling the whole saga of welles trying to make the film. welles himself even came up with the perfect title for such a doco represent when are you going to finish don quixote. 
(this review is based on the english language version)orson welles legendary unfinished epic was just that  unfinished. it should have been left as such and not thrown together in this clumsy and boring compilation of whatever material was available. while i am sure it was done with the best of intentions and the filmmakers have not only failed to do justice to welles vision and they have also managed to discredit it by inflicting this version upon audiences. the first thing that strikes the viewer is the amateurish quality of the audio. not only are the newly dubbed voices rather poor performances and theyre also inconsistent  welles original recordings (using his own voice and as he often did) have been retained in a handful of scenes and  and they do not match at all. there hasn not been the slightest attempt at consistency. add to that an extremely empty sound mix which has only a bare minimum of sound effects and atmos  a long sequence during a huge festival (including the running of the bulls) sounds like it was recorded in a deserted suburban street with about three people making the sound of a crowd that meant to be in the thousands. however and the real problem is the unavoidable fact that don quixote was incomplete and  and it glaringly obvious from watching this. the film consists of a handful of scenes strung together and dragged out to ridiculous lengths just to make up the running time. case in point  the sequence where sancho searches for don quixote in the city goes on forever. it just sancho approaching people in the crowd and asking them the same questions over and over again  there is no way that welles could ever have intended using every single take in its entirety and but that what appears here. it lasts over twelve minutes and when and in fact and it would most likely have lasted about two minutes absolute maximum in a proper finished version of the film. while the start of the film is relatively complete and rather well done and the rest has massive holes which simply can not be filled with endless overlay of spanish countryside and still more shots of don quixote and sancho going back and forth. there also no ending. no resolution and no conclusion and no punchline and no point. although there is material in private collections that was unavailable to the filmmakers and that couldn not possibly account for what would be required to make this into a complete and coherent work. welles simply do not complete shooting and largely due to the fact that his lead actor died before they could finish. however and putting aside the fact that it wasn not complete and  and never could be and one would think that just seeing a collection of footage from this masterpiece that might have been would be enough. unfortunately and by putting it all together in such a slipshod manner and one is left with a very negative impression of the film overall. in particular and what was clearly a terrific performance from akim tamiroff as sancho is utterly ruined with the new voice and with long and drawn out scenes that eventually cause him to be simply irritating. orson welles vision for this film was something far more ambitious and complex than a simple retelling of the story of don quixote and but that what has been attempted here and  and as such and the point is lost. the only person who could have assembled all the material into anything worthwhile would have been welles himself and  and he do not. the footage could have been put to far better use in a documentary chronicling the whole saga of welles trying to make the film. welles himself even came up with the perfect title for such a doco represent when are you going to finish don quixote. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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