1. El Cid | Film Cast, Director & Awards - Britannica
5 dec 2024 · El Cid, American-Italian epic film, released in 1961, that told the story of the 11th-century Spanish hero.
El Cid, American-Italian epic film, released in 1961, that told the story of the 11th-century Spanish hero. Although known for his fierce tactics on the battlefield, El Cid (“The Lord”; played by Charlton Heston) is depicted as a man who values peace and pragmatism over violence during a time when

2. What Should Have Won the 1961 Best Picture Oscar?
“In 1962, West Side Story was the 800-pound gorilla at the Academy Awards, an 800-pound dancing and singing gorilla that caused voters to mark it for awards ...
Am I allowed to love half a movie? And really not like the other half? I love musicals — truly, I do — but whenever the Academy picks one for Best Picture, I tend to cringe… Here …

3. Review “El Cid” (1961) - Eclectic Assemblage
5 aug 2023 · One thought on “Review “El Cid” (1961)” ... Dear me, 'the music is bombastic' apparently. This was an oscar nominated score by the great Miklos ...
I’ve seen a lot of Hollywood epics of this era and liked many of them. This three-hour long slog is not one. “El Cid” deals with eleventh century Spain, where Rodrigo de Vivar (Charlton Helston) ge…

4. El Cid (1961) - Hollywood Half-Time
Where does the first part end? El Cid (Charlton Heston) says goodbye to Ximena (Sophia Loren) has he is called back into service by King Alfonso VI. Final line ...
‘Pledge’ Scene VHS CASE/SLIDE Length of film: 182 Minutes Rated: Approved Genre: Drama, Biography, History Director: Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Hest…

5. El Cid (1961) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in ...
Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

6. El Cid (Movie, 1961) - MovieMeter.com
Beautiful film about the Spanish knight who gives freedom to a few captured Moors. A large-scale historical epic. The story is told in a fairly compelling way ( ...
History / Romance movie.

7. FSM: El Cid (Miklós Rózsa) - FILM SCORE MONTHLY
El Cid (1961) remains one of Miklós Rózsa's most revered scores, written in the glorious orchestral style he employed on other historical epics.
El Cid (1961) remains one of Miklós Rózsa’s most revered scores, written in the glorious orchestral style he employed on other historical epics like Knights of the Round Table and Ben-Hur. Rózsa’s music for the legend of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar is endlessly thematic: the score’s closely knit ideas are reverent toward the titular hero, fiercely romantic for the love story between The Cid and Lady Chimene, and climactically aggressive for the film’s grand-scale battle sequences. The film downplays religious elements of the story, but Rózsa’s score possesses a sacred quality throughout that appropriately reminds viewers of Rodrigo’s piety and faith in God.
8. El Cid the epic movie directed by Anthony Mann - Cliomuse.com
In brief, Martin Scorsese (as usual) had it right. El Cid is indeed "one of the greatest epic films ever made." Only a handful of movies - Lawrence of ...
Historical background information about movie El Cid

9. El Cid | Rotten Tomatoes
El Cid with Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren is one of the GREAT classical movies. It has romance, history and suspence along with beautiful costumes and ...
Spain is overrun by the Moors and the country's only hope rests in a heroic knight known as El Cid (Charlton Heston). He knows a divided Spain cannot stand and implores his countrymen to unify in order to repel the invaders. But a hitch develops in El Cid's campaign: He gets exiled from his homeland of Castile by the region's power-hungry ruler. In the meantime, he attempts to reunite with his estranged wife, Jimena (Sophia Loren) -- who's still upset by the fact that he killed her father.
