El Cid (1961)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Anthony Mann

Escritores (WGA):

Fredric M. Frank (story)
Philip Yordan (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 diciembre 1961 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Historia | Romance | Guerra

Frase comercial:

The GREATEST ROMANCE and ADVENTURE in a THOUSAND YEARS!

Plot:

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour...

Plot Keywords:

Spain | Epic | Siege | Beautiful Woman | Horse Riding

Premios:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 5 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Sweeping medieval drama at its best

Reparto

Charlton Heston	...	El Cid
Sophia Loren	...	Jimena
Raf Vallone	...	Count Ordóñez
Geneviève Page	...	Princess Urraca (as Genevieve Page)
John Fraser	...	Prince Alfonso
Gary Raymond	...	Prince Sancho
Hurd Hatfield	...	Arias
Massimo Serato	...	Fanez
Frank Thring	...	Al Kadir
Michael Hordern	...	Don Diego
Andrew Cruickshank	...	Count Gormaz
Douglas Wilmer	...	Moutamin
Tullio Carminati	...	Priest
Ralph Truman	...	King Ferdinand
Christopher Rhodes	...	Don Martín

También conocida como:

El Cid (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

182 min

País:

Italy | USA | UK

Idioma:

Latin | Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 (2008) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bamburgh Beach, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, UK

Compañía:

Rank Organisation, The

Trivialidades:

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Charlton Heston himself was not overly impressed by the finished film, suggesting in his 1995 autobiography "In the Arena" that the film might have been better if William Wyler had directed it instead of Anthony Mann.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: At the end of the film, when El Cid rides out the castle gates, you can see the cheese cutter hat of one of the crew members.

Citas:

Jimena: Can you forgive me, Rodrigo?
El Cid: Jimena...
Jimena: Would you take me with you?
El Cid: But, now I have nowhere to take you.
Jimena: As long as we are together, it will not be nowhere. I love you Rodrigo... I love you.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Phir tere shehar mein

Sweeping medieval drama at its best

I was debating how to vote on this one as it is one of my favorite movies of all time, and only if I felt something was missing would I not give it a 10.

Well I couldn't think of a single thing missing or that could've been done better in this movie, so this is the first 10/10 or 5/5 I have given. Seriouslly, its that good.

I am very particular about my movies. There has to be good story, characters, action, cinematography and attention to detail and authenticity.

El Cid has all this and more. The characters are compelling and real, both noble and craven. The story is based on a real person and real location and events, although I am sure some liberties have been taken to dramatize things during this Spanish/moorish conflict. Costumes seem authentic, and there is plenty of action for all so long as you don't mind the long periods of drama between them. And frankly, I give this movie a capitol D for drama!

This is the kind of classic epic that moves you emotionally and draws you in, you feel for the characters and are awed by the events. If you like historical/medieval drama, watch El Cid. It is a classic.