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El Cid (1961)
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Synopsis
When French playwright Pierre Corneille wrote El Cid, a fanciful version of the life of 11th-century Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, aka "El Cid", an attempt was made to honor the "classic unities" and to compress the whole story into a single day! Be assured that the 1961 film version of El Cid is more faithful to the actual chronology.
Charlton Heston
adds one more character to his gallery of historical portrayals as El Cid, the disgraced Spanish knight who rids his country of its Moorish conquerors. The triumphs of El Cid's military life are not matched by his private affairs; he is betrayed by his bride Chimene (
Sophia Loren
) and is made a political pawn by the avaricious Spanish landowners. El Cid has a climax unique in the annals of movie epics: the final assault against the landgrabbers is led by a dead hero. El Cid established the short but generally profitable reign of producer
Samuel Bronston
as the King of the Epics; his imprint on the film is much stronger than that of director
Anthony Mann
. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Andrew Cruickshank
Count Gomez
Carlo Giustini
Bermudez
Hurd Hatfield
Count Arias
Michael Hordern
Don Diego
Herbert Lom
Ben Yussuf
Sophia Loren
Chimene
Geneviève Page
Princess Urraca
Geneviève Page
Queen Urraca
Gary Raymond
King Sancho
Gary Raymond
Prince Sancho
Christopher Rhodes
Don Martin
Massimo Serato
Fanez
Gerard Tichy
King Ramirez
Ralph Truman
King Ferdinand
Raf Vallone
Count Ordonez
Douglas Wilmer
Moutamin
Charlton Heston
Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar/El Cid
Frank Thring
Al Kadir
John Fraser
Prince Alfonso
Production Crew
Veniero Colasanti
Art Director
Veniero Colesanti
Art Director
Jaime Prades
Associate Producer
Michael Waszynski
Associate Producer
Manuel Berenguer
Cinematographer
Robert Krasker
Cinematographer
Miklos Rozsa
Composer (Music Score)
John J. Moore
Costume Designer
Veniero Colasanti
Costume Designer
Anthony Mann
Director
Robert Lawrence
Editor
José Lopez Rodero
First Assistant Director
Mario Van Riel
Makeup
Anthony Mann
Producer
Samuel Bronston
Producer
John J. Moore
Production Designer
Veniero Colasanti
Production Designer
Leon Chooluck
Production Manager
Diego Fabbri
Screenwriter
Fredric M. Frank
Screenwriter
Philip Yordan
Screenwriter
John J. Moore
Set Designer
Veniero Colasanti
Set Designer
Alex C. Weldon
Special Effects
Jack Erickson
Special Effects
Yakima Canutt
Stunts
Year: 1961
Runtime: 184
Country: Italy
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature
Genre
Epic
Historical Film
Produced by
Allied Artists
Samuel Bronston
Release
December 21, 1961 (Italy)
by Allied Artists
Awards
1961 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
© 2008 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.