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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

I haven't slept all night. - El Cid

I haven't slept all night.

Our dream was short - El Cid

Our dream was short

Don Rodrigo. - El Cid

You risk having no Spain at all - El Cid

You risk having no Spain at all

Don Rodrigo. I know why you have come. - El Cid

Don Rodrigo. I know why you have come.

Your twin daughters
are playing in the garden here. - El Cid

Your twin daughters are playing in the garden here.

You're Elvira? - El Cid

Our Moorish silks suit well
your Christian armor. - El Cid

Our Moorish silks suit well your Christian armor.

You'll make a Moslem of me yet, my lord. - El Cid

You'll make a Moslem of me yet, my lord.

How can anyone say this is wrong - El Cid

How can anyone say this is wrong

How can anyone say this is wrong? - El Cid

How can anyone say this is wrong?

We have so much to give to
each other and to Spain. - El Cid

We have so much to give to each other and to Spain.

Valencia is surrounded. - El Cid

Valencia is surrounded.

We could have beaten Ben Yusuf! - El Cid

We could have beaten Ben Yusuf!

You saw! I made no sound! - El Cid

You saw! I made no sound!

It was not through lack of courage that we lost - El Cid

It was not through lack of courage that we lost

If I thought it would stop him
from coming here... - El Cid

If I thought it would stop him from coming here...

Rodrigo, let me fight at your side. - El Cid

Rodrigo, let me fight at your side.

Count Ordonez, we must attack tonight. - El Cid

Count Ordonez, we must attack tonight.

My lord! El Cid is throwing them food! - El Cid

My lord! El Cid is throwing them food!

Stop them! Run them down! Kill them! - El Cid

Stop them! Run them down! Kill them!

King! King! King! - El Cid

King! King! King!

King! King! King! - El Cid

King! King! King!

King! King! King! - El Cid

King! King! King!

We have given up everything for you. - El Cid

We have given up everything for you.

What a noble subject - El Cid

What a noble subject

The crown of Valencia? - El Cid

The crown of Valencia?

Look. Now you are also
King of Valencia. - El Cid

Look. Now you are also King of Valencia.

Where's Ordonez? - El Cid

Where's Ordonez?

Ben Yusuf's armada. - El Cid

Ben Yusuf's armada.

Open the gates. - El Cid

Open the gates.

The Cid is wounded.
He goes back to Valencia. - El Cid

The Cid is wounded. He goes back to Valencia.

No, Fanez. We attack again tomorrow. - El Cid

No, Fanez. We attack again tomorrow.

Close the gates! Close the gates! - El Cid

Close the gates! Close the gates!

There will be a great loss of blood... - El Cid

There will be a great loss of blood...

We have not spent much time together - El Cid

We have not spent much time together

You must help me give it up. - El Cid

You must help me give it up.

Lord Moutamin. - El Cid

I tell you! The Cid is alive! - El Cid

I tell you! The Cid is alive!

- Fanez?
- Yes, my lord. - El Cid

- Fanez? - Yes, my lord.

I could not convince them...
that you are alive. - El Cid

I could not convince them... that you are alive.

People of Valencia - El Cid

People of Valencia

Cid! Cid! Cid! - El Cid

Open the gates! It's the King! - El Cid

Open the gates! It's the King!

My lord, the King! - El Cid

My lord, the King!

- Forgive me!
- No! - El Cid

- Forgive me! - No!

It's not easy for a man
to conquer himself. - El Cid

It's not easy for a man to conquer himself.

For God, the Cid and Spain! - El Cid

For God, the Cid and Spain!

And thus the Cid rode out of the gates of history into legend - El Cid

And thus the Cid rode out of the gates of history into...

Back! Back! Go back! - El Cid

Back! Back! Go back!

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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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