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El Cid

The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.

Director

Anthony Mann

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

Samuel Bronston Productions,Dear Film,Allied Artists Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 7 wins & 13 nominations total

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El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar

Charlton Heston

Jimena

Count Ordóñez

Princess Urraca

Geneviève Page

Prince Alfonso

Prince Sancho

Arias

Fanez

Al Kadir

Don Diego

Michael Hordern

Count Gormaz

Andrew Cruickshank

Moutamin

Priest

Tullio Carminati

King Ferdinand

Don Martín

Christopher Rhodes

Bermúdez

King Ramírez

Dolfos

Mother Superior

Barbara Everest

Nun

Soldier

Soldier

Franco Fantasia

Ben Yussuf

Fighter

Luis Fernández de Eribe

Arabian Assistant Doctor

Extra

Harem Girl

Virgilio Teixeira

Soldier

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Moutamin Prince Sancho El Cid El Cid Rodrigo De Vivar Ben Yussuf Jimena Prince Alfonso Count Gormaz

The Prophet has commanded us to rule the world - El Cid

The Prophet has commanded us to rule the world

Heavenly Father,
we are lost and in darkness. - El Cid

Heavenly Father, we are lost and in darkness.

Father. Here. Come. - El Cid

Father. Here. Come.

The Cross. - El Cid

We are ready, my lord.
Do we hang them now? - El Cid

We are ready, my lord. Do we hang them now?

Don Diego, I will take your prisoners
back to the King at Burgos. - El Cid

Don Diego, I will take your prisoners back to the King at Bu...

Do you solemnly pledge never again
to attack King Ferdinand's country? - El Cid

Do you solemnly pledge never again to attack King Ferdinand&...

Among our people we have a word for a warrior - El Cid

Among our people we have a word for a warrior

In the name of Ferdinand... - El Cid

In the name of Ferdinand...

You did take the shortest road, my son. - El Cid

You did take the shortest road, my son.

Rodrigo! - El Cid

You don't really understand
how love keeps time. - El Cid

You don't really understand how love keeps time.

Still, a man on a horse
can move only so fast... - El Cid

Still, a man on a horse can move only so fast...

All night long I kept thinking: - El Cid

All night long I kept thinking:

Don Garcia Ordonez,
tell me what has happened. - El Cid

Don Garcia Ordonez, tell me what has happened.

His Majesty, Don Ferdinand... - El Cid

His Majesty, Don Ferdinand...

And the Infantes, Prince Sancho... - El Cid

And the Infantes, Prince Sancho...

And the Princess Dona Urraca. - El Cid

And the Princess Dona Urraca.

You have been gathered here
at this court... - El Cid

You have been gathered here at this court...

I repeat the charge! It is treason! - El Cid

I repeat the charge! It is treason!

You shouldn't have come. - El Cid

You shouldn't have come.

Suddenly, I thought,
"Why are we killing each other?" - El Cid

Suddenly, I thought, "Why are we killing each other?&qu...

Yes, but... there always
have been wars between us. - El Cid

Yes, but... there always have been wars between us.

I don't really understand, Rodrigo. - El Cid

I don't really understand, Rodrigo.

Have pity on a proud old man - El Cid

Have pity on a proud old man

Can a man live without honor - El Cid

Can a man live without honor

Now, Count, now I am satisfied. - El Cid

Now, Count, now I am satisfied.

Chimene! - El Cid

Father! - El Cid

I didn't seek your father's life Chimene - El Cid

I didn't seek your father's life Chimene

Why did you come - El Cid

Why did you come

Dona Chimene, daughter of
the late Count Gormaz of Oviedo... - El Cid

Dona Chimene, daughter of the late Count Gormaz of Oviedo...

Dona Chimene, never was there a moment - El Cid

Dona Chimene, never was there a moment

Let him fight, Father. - El Cid

Let him fight, Father.

And may God give you strength. - El Cid

And may God give you strength.

Why have you come to this place
at this hour? - El Cid

Why have you come to this place at this hour?

Almighty God, now the hour
of my ordeal has come. - El Cid

Almighty God, now the hour of my ordeal has come.

I hope he does, Your Highness. - El Cid

I hope he does, Your Highness.

To whom does Calahorra belong? - El Cid

To whom does Calahorra belong?

God saw fit to give me strength, Sire. - El Cid

God saw fit to give me strength, Sire.

Your colors are no longer black - El Cid

Your colors are no longer black

Your colors are no longer black. - El Cid

Your colors are no longer black.

Oh, Father. - El Cid

In nomine Patrius et Filius
et Spiritu Sancti, amen. - El Cid

In nomine Patrius et Filius et Spiritu Sancti, amen.

This is the man you hoped
Don Martin would kill. - El Cid

This is the man you hoped Don Martin would kill.

My Lord Moutamin. - El Cid

My Lord Moutamin.

Ordonez. - El Cid

Kill him! - El Cid

No. Let him go. - El Cid

No. Let him go.

You will soon be a King - El Cid

You will soon be a King

Why doesn't she speak? - El Cid

Why doesn't she speak?

Will my lady take a little wine? - El Cid

Will my lady take a little wine?

You will see for yourself, my lady,
when you come to Vivar. - El Cid

You will see for yourself, my lady, when you come to Vivar.

I-- I think
my lord and lady must be tired. - El Cid

I-- I think my lord and lady must be tired.

We planned your death... - El Cid

We planned your death...

Do you know why I married you, Rodrigo? - El Cid

Do you know why I married you, Rodrigo?

Perhaps we have... - El Cid

Perhaps we have...

It was you and Urraca against me. - El Cid

It was you and Urraca against me.

You and our sister. - El Cid

You and our sister.

He thought he could be king. - El Cid

He thought he could be king.

Accompany His Highness
to his new kingdom-- - El Cid

Accompany His Highness to his new kingdom--

Will you give me your prisoner,
or must I take him? - El Cid

Will you give me your prisoner, or must I take him?

What kind of a man are you? - El Cid

What kind of a man are you?

Open the gates of Valencia... - El Cid

Open the gates of Valencia...

If they do you will hold Valencia Do you understand me - El Cid

If they do you will hold Valencia Do you understand me

Sanctuary! - El Cid

What do you want here, Dolfos? - El Cid

What do you want here, Dolfos?

Well? - El Cid

From here it will be better
to go on foot. - El Cid

From here it will be better to go on foot.

I see no gate. - El Cid

Open! Open the gate! - El Cid

Open! Open the gate!

Confess me. - El Cid

I have not come here as a queen. - El Cid

I have not come here as a queen.

You... had better speak to him. - El Cid

You... had better speak to him.

Very well. - El Cid

Will you swear that you had no part... - El Cid

Will you swear that you had no part...

I thirst. - El Cid

There is no spring nearby
from which a leper is allowed to drink. - El Cid

There is no spring nearby from which a leper is allowed to d...

Can you forgive me - El Cid

Can you forgive me

Can you forgive me, Rodrigo? - El Cid

Can you forgive me, Rodrigo?

I love you, Rodrigo. - El Cid

I love you, Rodrigo.

You know what you risk... - El Cid

You know what you risk...

Are you the one they call the Cid? - El Cid

Are you the one they call the Cid?

But my father said if you walk very slowly
it will soon be dark... - El Cid

But my father said if you walk very slowly it will soon be d...

Of what are you glad? - El Cid

Of what are you glad?

If all men knew that banishment could be like this - El Cid

If all men knew that banishment could be like this

Come. - El Cid

Lord God... - El Cid

I am in exile! - El Cid

But why him? - El Cid

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The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.

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Director: Anthony Mann

Writer: Fredric M. Frank, Philip Yordan, Ben Barzman

Production: Samuel Bronston Productions,Dear Film,Allied Artists Pictures

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 1961

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 14 Dec 1961

Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 7 wins & 13 nominations total

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