RATINGS
IMDB
7.2
Metacritic
79
El Cid(1961)
1094, takes Valencia from the Moors
Romance War
RUNTIME
182 min
AGE RATING
Approved
COUNTRY
Italy
LANGUAGE
Italian
DIRECTOR
Anthony Mann
CAST
Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page
Plot
The fabled Spanish hero Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (a.k.a. El Cid) overcomes a family vendetta and court intrigue to defend Christian Spain against the Moors.