Top billed cast

1. 

   Charlton Heston

   El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar

2. 

   Sophia Loren

   Jimena

3. 

   Raf Vallone

   Count Ordóñez

4. 

   Geneviève Page

   Princess Urraca

5. 

   John Fraser

   Prince Alfonso

6. 

   Gary Raymond

   Prince Sancho

7. 

   Hurd Hatfield

   Arias

8. 

   Massimo Serato

   Fanez

9. 

   Frank Thring

   Al Kadir

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023

Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-09-05

El Cid is “the story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar [Charlton Heston] ... a simple man who became Spain's greatest hero. He rose above religious hatreds and appealed to all Spaniards, whether Christian or Moorish [not unlike how JCVD ​​befriended Jews and Muslims in The Order, in which Heston also appears], to confront a common enemy that threatened to destroy their land of Spain.”

Rodrigo's unifying work is facilitated by the fact that Moors and Christians have a common language, although this lingua franca is not, as one would expect, Spanish but rather English — apparently the offi...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,250,000.00

Revenue
$26,600,000.00

Keywords

• spain
• devoutness
• historical figure
• honor
• thoughtful
• 11th century
• admiring
• commanding