G. W. Pabst directed two version of the story of the knight of the Woeful Countenance, both released in 1933; Chaliapin also provided the voice for Lotte Reiniger's animated version that same year. I took a look at the English-language version. It was not, alas, in particularly good shape, had twenty minutes cut from its 75-minute length, and Chaliapin, although he looks like the classical emaciated version of the Don, and sings beautifully, has a Georgian accent that made him rather difficult to understand.
George Robey as Sancho Panza is excellent, and Cervantes story is transformed from a satire to an unmitigated tragedy.
George Robey as Sancho Panza is excellent, and Cervantes story is transformed from a satire to an unmitigated tragedy.